Compassion and Collaboration to Treat Pulmonary Disease - Yale-PCCSM
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- 00:00By maintaining this really advanced
- 00:02program that we actually helped,
- 00:03those who are most subject
- 00:05to the disparities. So
- 00:06it's really a field
- 00:07that affects everyone. The coolest
- 00:09thing is you can probably use
- 00:11it to really cure disease.
- 00:23Compassionate cutting edge
- 00:24care and Clinical Excellence.
- 00:27It's what drives physician scientists,
- 00:29researchers, educators,
- 00:30and clinicians at Yale,
- 00:32Yale section of pulmonary critical
- 00:34care and Sleep Medicine brings
- 00:37together the subspecialties and
- 00:39tailored rigorous clinical training
- 00:41into a culture of collaboration.
- 00:43A community supporting
- 00:44better ways to diagnose.
- 00:46Prevent and treat
- 00:48human lung disease.
- 00:49There's a common thread among
- 00:51the professionals dedicated to
- 00:53Clinical Excellence at Yale.
- 00:55We think of each other as
- 00:57colleagues and friends and family.
- 00:59It's important to have work life balance,
- 01:01and I think that's part of
- 01:03the the Yale PCSM mission.
- 01:04Teamwork is what makes our section
- 01:07unique, but it's really what
- 01:09makes Yale unique and special.
- 01:10A collaborative environment
- 01:12at the heart of delivering
- 01:13compassionate, effective care.
- 01:16So we have. Really outstanding
- 01:18interstitial lung disease programs.
- 01:19Sleep centers, CPD programs asthma,
- 01:23lung cancer, cystic fibrosis in
- 01:25every one of these we really invest
- 01:28as if they were the only one.
- 01:31Agility is a key part of the
- 01:34multidisciplinary approach.
- 01:35All the patients are more complex,
- 01:37which means that you need to
- 01:39have multidisciplinary teams.
- 01:40You have to be way more agile.
- 01:42We have directors for every
- 01:44unit for every subspecialty,
- 01:46and we make sure to engage.
- 01:48All the themes when we encounter a patient
- 01:50and really is dramatically expanded,
- 01:52the capacity to develop, you know,
- 01:54customized and divided visualized
- 01:56care for specific disease is
- 01:58a good example of that is probably the
- 02:01creation of the post COVID recovery
- 02:03program during the height of the initial
- 02:06surge was really a grassroots effort.
- 02:09Multidisciplinary approaches
- 02:10that foster innovation.
- 02:12We established what's called a tally
- 02:14ICU and that had been done elsewhere,
- 02:17but we really developed the first.
- 02:18One that was for adults
- 02:20solely on the epic platform.
- 02:22Bringing together all of the
- 02:25dimensions of the division,
- 02:26working to improve access to care and
- 02:29reduce longstanding health inequalities
- 02:31that you know no matter where you go,
- 02:34you're going to get the same level of care,
- 02:35and that's really a
- 02:36fundamental piece of equity.
- 02:37Is that when you need something,
- 02:40you get it,
- 02:40and they're not sort of barriers or
- 02:41hoops that you wouldn't necessarily
- 02:43even be aware of that you have to get
- 02:44through to get the care that's needed.
- 02:46This was a unique experience
- 02:48during the COVID-19 search,
- 02:49and when we protocolized care,
- 02:51and in fact. Actually,
- 02:53some of the reported differences
- 02:55in mortality between minority
- 02:56communities that were reported in EU.
- 02:59S. We actually did not see this
- 03:01was reported in the literature
- 03:03are diverse, engaged faculty focused
- 03:05on a culture of safety and inclusion.
- 03:08Integrating DI into all aspects
- 03:11of the sections mission,
- 03:13we take care of diverse patients.
- 03:16We take care of diverse trainees
- 03:18and I think who you were,
- 03:21who where you grew up.
- 03:23Matters, and it adds some dimension
- 03:26and flavors to what you do.
- 03:27And that's made us stronger.
- 03:29It's a very warm group.
- 03:31It's a very diverse group.
- 03:33I think you know more
- 03:34than 50% of women that
- 03:36has impressed me about Yale
- 03:38over the years and continues
- 03:40to be a reason why I stay.
- 03:42Here is the number of strong
- 03:44women in all aspects of medicine,
- 03:46whether it's in clinical care,
- 03:49in investigation and research or
- 03:51in healthcare administration.
- 03:53Tailored mentoring is central
- 03:55to recruiting and retention.
- 03:57Mentorship is so important,
- 04:00especially in underrepresented
- 04:02minority populations,
- 04:03least connect them with
- 04:05someone that they can really,
- 04:06you know relate to is just
- 04:08just so important in terms
- 04:09of you're sharing ideas and
- 04:11and improving access to care.
- 04:13Overall, mentors become
- 04:14colleagues. Another one of
- 04:16those common threads that was
- 04:19something that attracted me to
- 04:21this section number one the team.
- 04:24The people the mentoring.
- 04:25I had the opportunity to start,
- 04:28you know, continue my growth
- 04:30but also find my niche.
- 04:32We get to actually grow the
- 04:35future stars in our field.
- 04:38Clinical Excellence requires
- 04:40physician scientists.
- 04:41The physician scientists is important
- 04:44because it allows for us to identify what
- 04:48is missing in our care of our patients.
- 04:52Frontline problem solvers.
- 04:53They're able to translate what they
- 04:56see at the bedside back to the bench
- 04:58or to the computer these days,
- 05:01and then go back to the patients and
- 05:03take care of them with new tools and
- 05:05new technologies and new treatments.
- 05:07So it's critical and really providing
- 05:09the best quality care to patients,
- 05:11and that's part of our mission here at Yale,
- 05:13one of the largest hospitals in the country.
- 05:15Thinking big, staying nimble
- 05:17and helping the world to breathe.
- 05:20It's not only about outstanding
- 05:22clinical care, education,
- 05:23and research, but also about.
- 05:25The best environment that
- 05:26this work can be done.