Mayo Clinic
Dr. Amelia Barwise is an Associate Professor of Medicine and Biomedical Ethics based in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and Biomedical Ethics Research Program at Mayo Clinic Rochester. She is a family medicien physcian by training and holds a PhD in Clinical and Translational Science, completed in December 2019. Her research focuses on healthcare disparities during critical illness and at end-of-life, secondary to language barriers and specifically the role of sociocultural and communication barriers. She uses primarily qualitative research approaches in her studies but also mixed methods, survey research and other quantitative methodologies. She is a passionate believer in language justice and the importance of facilitating bidirectional communication between patients and clinicians to optimize patient outcomes and support health equity. All her work thus far has highlighted the enormous communication problems that cause difficulties with decision making and subsequent quality of care for patients with language barriers and complex care needs, as well as the limited mechanisms that exist to diminish this disparity. Her research to date has richly influenced her approaches for developing ways to mitigate harms for patients with language barriers and complex care needs including in the ICU.
She recently an-AHRQ funded R21 grant to conduct a trial using AI and informatics to increase in-person interpreter use for patients with language barriers and complex medical needs. She also does conceptual, normative and empirical biomedical ethics research exploring the issues faced by populations with langauge barriers and other vulnerable and underserved groups.
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Bridging Gaps in the ICU: Strategies for Language and Cultural Humility
Sunday, February 23, 2025
3:35pm – 3:50pm Eastern Time