Dana Dunne: Learning to Learn

Howie and Harlan are joined by Yale physician Dana Dunne, who leads a new coaching program designed to help medical students develop a lifelong orientation toward growth and building knowledge. Harlan reports on a new generation of AI that can diagnose patients more consistently than human doctors; Howie explains how the state of Connecticut wiped out medical debt for thousands of low-income residents.

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AI Diagnosis

“Superhuman performance of a large language model on the reasoning tasks of a physician”

“Reasoning Foundations of Medical Diagnosis: Symbolic logic, probability, and value theory aid our understanding of how physicians reason” (1959)

Coaching Medical Students

Yale School of Medicine: The Yale System

Yale School of Medicine: Longitudinal Coaching Program

“Developing Master Adaptive Learners: Implementation of a Coaching Program in Graduate Medical Education”

“Risky Business: Psychological Safety and the Risks of Learning Medicine”

Amy C. Edmondson: Psychological Safety

Review: The Fearless Organization

Medical Debt

“Governor Lamont Announces Nearly 23,000 Connecticut Residents Will Have $30 Million in Medical Debt Erased Under First Round of State’s Newly Launched Partnership With Nonprofit”

“CT cancels $30M in medical debt for thousands of residents”

“Disparities in Medical Debt Among U.S. Adults with Serious Psychological Distress”

“63% of workers unable to pay a $500 emergency expense, survey finds. How employers may help change that”

White House Fact Sheet: Biden-⁠Harris Administration Announces New Actions to Reduce Medical Debt and Address Illegal Medical Debt Collection Practices

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