A Space for Tackling Challenging, Important Concepts

The KNN Book Club is a space to read about and discuss concepts that inform the KNN Integrated Framework as well as their application within medicine’s learning and practice environments. Book selections rotate through works considered seminal by the KNN and titles suggested and voted on by book club members.

The KNN Book Club is made up of participants from across the KNN and is a wonderful place to wrestle with challenging and important concepts of character, caring, practical wisdom and human flourishing.

The book club meets every other Wednesday at 12:00 pm CT / 1:00 pm ET via Zoom.

Next Book Starts: July 13, 2022

Estimated End Date: November 16, 2022

Deadline to Register:

Thursday, June 23, 2022

The first five registrants will receive a free copy of the next book.

Please reach out to knn@mcw.edu with any questions. We hope to see you there!

Christine

Upcoming Book

"The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures" by Anne Fadiman explores the clash between a small county hospital in California and a refugee family from Laos over the care of Lia Lee, a Hmong child diagnosed with severe epilepsy.

Christine Van Hulle

KNN Project Coordinator

KNN Updates

The KNN recently completed all sessions of the 2021-2022 Becoming series centered on conversation and community for medical students. Next month, student advisory groups will convene to discuss student chapter pilots and the next Becoming series. Check out this webinar by KNN colleagues and learners on how the series impacted the professional identity formation of students.

The KNN provides support for and features a video gallery on Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science Academy of Educational Excellence's Take 5 videos. The videos display best practices for leaders and learners in medical education.

Have you viewed or used Take 5 videos? If so, please share feedback in this two-minute survey on the impact and effectiveness of the Take 5 videos. We appreciate your time and feedback.

Have an update to share? Please email us.

Upcoming Events 

August 23, 4–5 pm CT | Human Flourishing 2030: Flourishing in Healthcare Spaces

In this session, healthcare leaders will delve into how factors such as hierarchies and interpersonal dynamics affect the flourishing of practitioners, staff, patients and learners in care settings. In panel format, they will discuss how individual agency and the ability to act on one’s values influences levels of flourishing, as well as how collaborative practice approaches can help those within care settings thrive.

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September 29-30 | KNN National Conference: | Milwaukee, WI

The KNN is holding a national conference to share achievements while planning future innovations. Register today!

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Resources



• REACH: A Required Curriculum to Foster the Well-Being of Medical Students  | Leaders from the Kern Institute and KNN contribute to an Academic Medicine article outlining how the REACH curriculum prepares students for the emotional life of being a physician.
• The Art of Crafting Your Next Team (Video) | KNN student Emily Yan of Dell Medical School is committed to creating a reimagined healthcare system. In this TEDx Talk, watch her metaphorically use pottery to explore the relationship between creativity, professionalism and team building in healthcare
• LGBTQ+ Representation in Medicine: A Student's Perspective (Audio) | Hear from Micah Larson, a recent graduate of UW-Madison's School of Medicine and Public Health, on this episode of What Brings You In Today to give insight on their experience as a queer person in medicine.