<div dir="ltr"><div>Hey Friends,</div><div>I swear I'm not just doing this because the speaker is Canadian. I'm just enthused about the topic.</div><div>Choosing Wisely is a campaign to protect patients and the health system by pushing back against excessive testing, diagnosis, and treatment. These are important topics that don't get a lot of attention in our pre-clinical curriculum. They're also important both as areas of clinical research, and as critical questions to apply when evaluating translational research.</div><div>I hope some of you will be able to join me for the talk on Wednesday. </div><div>Best,</div><div>~ Alan</div><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Upstate Announcements</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:announce@upstate.edu" target="_blank">announce@upstate.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, Sep 10, 2019 at 9:56 AM<br>Subject: Upstate Announcements for Sept. 10<br><br></div><div class="gmail_attr">[abridged]</div><div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:"Lucida Grande",sans-serif">__________</span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:"Lucida Grande",sans-serif"><font size="2"> </font></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:"Lucida Grande",sans-serif"><font size="2">Expert on physician-patient communication speaks Sept. 18 <u></u><u></u></font></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:"Lucida Grande",sans-serif"><font size="2"> <u></u><u></u></font></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Lucida Grande",sans-serif"><font size="2">Alpha Omega Alpha visiting professor and Elizabeth Blackwell speaker Wendy Levinson, MD, University of Toronto, will present <b>Choosing Wisely: From an Idea to an International Movement</b> Sept. 18 from noon to 1 p.m. in 1159 Weiskotten Hall. Levinson is an international expert in the field of physician-patient communication, including the disclosure of medical errors to patients and informed decision making. The Upstate community is welcome to attend. The lecture is sponsored by Upstate's chapter of Alpha Omega Alpha and the American Medical Women's Association. For more information, email Patty Gooden at <a href="mailto:goodenpa@upstate.edu" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)" target="_blank">goodenpa@upstate.edu</a>. <u></u><u></u></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Lucida Grande",sans-serif"><font size="2">__________<u></u><u></u></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:"Lucida Grande",sans-serif"><font size="2"> <br></font></span></b></p></div>
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