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Thursday, September 27, 2012 NEWS
Top 10 Things You Can Do to Improve Your Safety at UCSF
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Volume 57, Number 3
NEWS
Dr. Victoria Sweet: Weaving History into the Teaching of Medicine
Synapse Staff Report 1. Enter the following emergency telephone numbers into your cell phone: • UCSF PD Emergency: (415) 476-6911 • UCSF PD Non-Emergency: (415) 476-1414 • Medical Center Security: (415) 885-7890 • SFPD Emergency: (415) 553-8090 • SFPD Non-Emergency: (415) 553-0123 2. Clearly display your UCSF ID at all times while on campus. This helps UCSF police officers, security officers, and staff members identify that you belong in secured or restricted areas. 3. Never leave your personal belongings or valuables unattended in public or unsecured areas. If you leave valuables in an office or lab, be sure to place those items in a locked desk or cabinet and secure the room when you leave. 4. Report any suspicious circumstances or persons to UCSF PD. If you see someone in a place he or she doesn’t belong, you do not need to confront that person yourself. Call UCSF PD immediately. They are here for your safety. 5. When on the street, be alert and aware at all times. Keep good eye contact with the people around you. Walk with confidence and purpose. Most victims are targeted because they appear not to be paying attention to their surroundings. 6. Smart phones and iPods are a common target of thieves and robbers. Be wise about where you choose to use yours when in public. Wearing headphones and ear buds greatly reduces your ability to hear and distracts you from potential danger.
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How does a health care provider find a path that includes personal wellbeing, professional satisfaction and a deep sense of balance? UCSF’s Dr. Sweet has found her path and written about it in her highly acclaimed book, God’s Hotel.
Author of God’s Hotel will present the Pat Patterson Memorial Lecture on October 9 By Silvia Camporesi Visiting Scholar, DAHSM Recently I had the privilege of interviewing Dr. Victoria Sweet, former PhD graduate student in the history of medicine in the Department of Anthropology, History and Social Medicine at UCSF (Department of Anthropology, History and Social Medicine) and now UCSF Clinical Professor of Medicine and author of the book, God’s Hotel. Her book, which has received high praise in reviews in the New York Times and the San Francisco Chronicle, tells the story of what is probably the last alms house in the United States, Laguna Honda Hospital in San Francisco, through the eyes of a doctor and historian of medicine who worked
there for the past 20 years and witnessed its transformation from hospital to health care facility. She took her position as a part-time job in order to pursue her interest in the history of medicine by embarking on a PhD program at UCSF. Q: What has studying history meant for your medical training, and what role do you see for the teaching of history in contemporary medical curricula? During my medical training as an internist I used two books as reference: Harrison’s—(“Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine”), which is the classical textbook for medical students here in the US; and The Oxford Textbook of Medicine, which is the equivalent for students in England. These two books are considered the bibles, so to speak, of textbooks for medical students, but they
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