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Esther M Johnston, MD MPH FAAFP
@esthermjohnston.bsky.social
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Family Doctor & Asst Professor @ the University of Minnesota. Director of the Global Engagement Network for Primary Health Care. Passionate about realizing stronger, more equitable health systems. Views my own. She/they.
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The call for abstracts is now open for the North America Conference to End Race Based Medicine, which will be FREE to attend and held in Detroit October 17-18, 2025. Submissions are encouraged from students, residents, fellows and faculty from all disciplines.
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July 11, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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A beautiful summary in PLOS Global Health of some key changes needed to engage with a more decolonized lens in global health education.
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A table summarizing the major differences between a colonial and decolonization approach to global health education.
February 26, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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In black text against white background a quote reads "Dreams Don't Die. In the narrow constraints, In the upended place of unknown outcomes and destinations, Something new just might be born. Do not catastrophize. Do not capitulate to what will become normative. Do not ever believe that you are powerless. Do not ever believe that you are in this alone. Do not believe that where we are now is where this story ends. The dream does not die. One day, if we hold on, we will leave this narrow place And our great shared audacious dream Will then be realized." This quote is by Rabbi Sharon Brous
November 10, 2024 at 9:21 PM
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November 5, 2024 at 3:14 PM
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This week the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine presented the 2024 Gabriel Smilkstein Award to Professor @shailey.bsky.social! The award recognizes outstanding contributions to the growth and development of family medicine education throughout the world.
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Professor Shailey Prasad accepts the Gabriel Smilkstein Award from STFM Global Health Educators Chair Lauren Bull
May 10, 2024 at 6:43 PM
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Medical educators & family docs working to develop family medicine undergraduate training at their institution: the World Organization of Family Doctors just published a comprehensive reference guide (disclaimer: I’m one of the authors 😇). Discount code AFL04 good -> Feb ‘24 #FMRevolution #MedSky ⚕️🩺
Publication announcement for the new book “Family Medicine in the Undergraduate Curriculum: Preparing Medical students to work in evolving health systems” which includes a discount code AFL04 good through February 2024
December 3, 2023 at 6:00 PM
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Starting off on morning street rounds with our city's outreach team. The number of people living without housing in the greater Seattle King County areas has risen substantially since 2020.
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Picture of an empty pathway extending through the grass, abutting a woods in Auburn, Washington, USA. Morning sun rises through the mists above the path.
November 18, 2023 at 4:28 PM
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A text image reads: "She said: when will we meet? / I said: A year after the war ends / She said: When will the war end? / I said: When we meet" by Mahmoud Darwish, Palestinian poet. Text block is teal and shows alternating Arabic with English translation.
October 31, 2023 at 8:24 PM
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Beautiful & compelling talk today by @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social on suffering, transcendence, and renewal in primary health care
October 26, 2023 at 1:06 PM