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Decolonizing Healthcare Education and Practice

Sonia Sarkar explores how colonial legacies continue to shape healthcare systems, medical education, and patient care, often reinforcing systemic inequities and marginalizing historically oppressed communities. She calls for a shift toward equity-centered, community-informed approaches that prioritize lived experiences and cultural context. Understanding this framework is essential for healthcare workers to provide truly compassionate, inclusive, and effective care that addresses the root causes of health disparities rather than just their symptoms

Comparing Collaborative Care to Usual Care

The AIMS Center at the University of Washington has released an infographic outlining the improvement rates of the Collaborative Care Model in comparison to usual care that patients receive. On average, patient improvement was twice as significant with Collaborative Care implementation.

Do Degrees Matter? Rethinking Workforce Development for Youth with Intellectual Disabilities and Mental Health Challenges

This article challenges the idea that only people with formal degrees or licenses can provide effective care. Training can equip individuals—regardless of academic background—with the skills needed to support youth with complex needs, especially in underserved settings. For healthcare workers, this perspective is important because it emphasizes the value of lived experience, on-the-job learning, and community-based knowledge in delivering impactful, person-centered care.