Annals of surgery
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The aim of this study was to describe the development and evaluation of a structured department wide cultural competency curriculum. ⋯ Using a standard curriculum development framework, an effective department-wide cultural competency curriculum can be developed and implemented.
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Biography Historical Article
The University of Pennsylvania Medical School Commencement of 1889: Aequanimitas and the Agnew Clinic.
Academic commencements ceremonies usually do not result in memorable occasions and once ended usually are forgotten. Not so for the University of Pennsylvania's School of Medicine commencement on May 1,1889, which was marked by an address by William Osler, the retirement of the renowned Professor of Surgery, D. Hayes Agnew, and the presentation to the University of Thomas Eakins' remarkable masterpiece, "The Agnew Clinic." Osler had been on the faculty of the University for 5 years and in his keynote address, Aequanimitas, he laid out 2 elements, imperturbability and equanimity, that he stated would "make or mar" the lives of the students he was addressing. ⋯ To honor him on this occasion of his retirement the 3 classes of medical students had commissioned Eakins to paint a portrait of their revered professor, which was presented on this commencement day and accepted by Trustee Dr S. Weir Mitchell on behalf of the University. The day was indeed one to be remembered.