Trauma-Informed Competency Set for Undergraduate Medical Education

The National Collaborative on Trauma-Informed Health Care, Education and Research (TIHCER) presents:

Trauma-Informed Competency Set for Undergraduate Medical Education

Trauma is nearly universal and a root cause of numerous health and social problems, including 6 of the 10 leading causes of death. Research has substantiated the profound impact of trauma on the brain and body - and why trauma training is critical to the education and practice of health professionals. Yet a critical lag remains in translating essential research insights into clinical teaching.

Recognizing this gap, a student-faculty-educator Task Force from the National Collaborative on Trauma-Informed Health Care, Education and Research (TIHCER), in partnership with persons with lived experience, developed and validated an essential Trauma-Informed Competency Set for Undergraduate Medical Education. Along with a short intro to competency-based medical education, this session will cover the origins of the project, the process of competency development and validation, the content of the competencies, and supporting resources.  Some of these resources include a dedicated website, curricular materials, related academic publications and current exemplars--all OPEN ACCESS and usable as you begin or continue TIC work at your home institution.  The team will also share future directions.

Berman S, Brown T, Mizelle C, Diep T, Gerber MR, Jelley M, Potter LA, Rush P, Sciolla A, Stillerman A, Trennepohl C, Weil A, Potter J. Roadmap for Trauma-Informed Medical Education: Introducing an Essential Competency Set. Acad Med. 2023 Aug 1;98(8):882-888. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000005196. Epub 2023 Mar 1. PMID: 36862618.  OPEN ACCESS> https://journals.lww.com/academicmedicine/fulltext/2023/08000/roadmap_for_trauma_informed_medical_education_.13.aspx

SPEAKERS:

Celia Mizelle is a 4^th year medical student at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. She first encountered the concept of trauma-informed care supporting families as a birth doula while completing her undergraduate degree at Duke University. In addition to collaborating with TIHCER, Celia served on UNC’s Hospital Ethics Committee and Children’s Hospital Patient and Family Advisory Board during medical school. She is currently applying to Pediatrics residency and is interested in general pediatrics & adolescent medicine, public health, clinical ethics, and medical education. She is committed to centering TIC and reproductive justice in her advocacy and research, which focus on adolescent reproductive health and rights.

Taylor Brown, MD is a third-year Emergency Medicine Chief Resident at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. She completed her undergraduate studies at Stanford University and medical school at Harvard Medical School. Her passion for trauma-informed care grew out of a background in sexual violence advocacy. Her current academic work focuses on TIC as a broad framework for medical education including domains of educational content (e.g. trauma and health effects, adverse childhood events, and TIC clinical care) and educational context (e.g. faculty development, student advising, and student wellbeing).

Patricia Rush, MD MBA, Dr. Rush is an Internal Medicine physician who worked with underserved populations in Chicago for over 40 years.  Dr. Rush’s scientific focus is patients with complex chronic illness and complex emotional trauma.  She retired as Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Chicago and is Co-Founder of THEN, the Center for Collaborative Study of Trauma, Health Equity, and Neurobiology.  www.thencenter.org