Art + Medicine

Art + Medicine: Speaking of Race

Hosted by Dr. Jon Hallberg and Dr. Tseganesh Selameab, Art + Medicine: Speaking of Race connects the arts and healthcare through the power of storytelling. In this one-hour special, physicians share their experiences with race, racism, disparities in health care and representation, and anti-racist efforts in the medical community.

Art + Medicine: Speaking of Race

56m 40s

Hosted by Dr. Jon Hallberg and Dr. Tseganesh Selameab, Art + Medicine: Speaking of Race connects the arts and healthcare through the power of storytelling. In this one-hour special, physicians share their experiences with race, racism, disparities in health care and representation, and anti-racist efforts in the medical community.

Previews + Extras

  • Art + Medicine: Speaking of Race | Preview: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Art + Medicine: Speaking of Race | Preview

    30s

    Connecting the arts and healthcare, physicians share stories about race, racism and antiracist efforts in the medical community. Hosted by Drs. Jon Hallberg and Tseganesh Selameab. This is a co-production of TPT-Twin Cities PBS and the Center for the Art of Medicine at the University of Minnesota Medical School.

  • A Human Space: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    A Human Space

    5m 9s

    Dr. Anthony Williams shares stories of being a Black Hospitalist. This is a co-production of TPT-Twin Cities PBS and the Center for the Art of Medicine at the University of Minnesota Medical School

  • Advocating Diastole: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Advocating Diastole

    4m 15s

    Equity in healthcare requires both action and time for restorative rejuvenation. Story by Tseganesh Selameab, MD. Artwork by Akit Mehta, MD. Animation by Carrie Clark. This is a co-production of TPT-Twin Cities PBS and the Center for the Art of Medicine at the University of Minnesota Medical School.

  • Demonstration, the First Step to Action: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Demonstration, the First Step to Action

    1m 58s

    In the week following George Floyd's murder, Dr. Samantha Pace and the OBGYN department at Hennepin Healthcare, with University of Minnesota Medical School students and Black Coats 4 Black Lives, arranged a silent sit-in demonstration for healthcare professionals on the lawn of the Minnesota state capitol.

  • Fragments of Otherness: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Fragments of Otherness

    4m 49s

    Microaggressions feel like perpetual middle school in Dr. Serin Edwin Erayil's story.

  • How has the Medical Field Changed Racially Since the 1970s?: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    How has the Medical Field Changed Racially Since the 1970s?

    3m 29s

    Doctor Blanche Chavers (Pediatric Nephrologist) and David Hamlar (MD, DDS , Otolaryngologist, Craniofacial Surgeon , Retired Major General Minnesota National Guard) reflect on how Black representation in the medical field has changed over their careers and what more needs to be done for heath equity.

  • Why Do We Need to Talk About Racism in Medicine: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Why Do We Need to Talk About Racism in Medicine

    1m 43s

    Physicians’ answer the question, "Why we need to talk about race and racism in medicine?This is a co-production of TPT-Twin Cities PBS and the Center for the Art of Medicine at the University of Minnesota Medical School.

  • What a Doctor Looks Like: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    What a Doctor Looks Like

    3m 17s

    Doctor Asma Adam explores what belonging looks like in healthcare. This is a co-production of TPT-Twin Cities PBS and the Center for the Art of Medicine at the University of Minnesota Medical School.

  • To the Healers: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    To the Healers

    1m 27s

    Physicians and community members perform the poem "To the Healers (And Their Patients Who Have the Right to be Healed)" by Dr. Tolbert Jones Small. Dr. Small was a physician to the founding chapter of the Black Panthers Party.

  • The Consequences of Advocacy: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    The Consequences of Advocacy

    5m

    Dr. Parrisha Roane performs her story, "The Consequences of Advocacy" addressing the racism she faces as a Black physician. This is a co-production of TPT-Twin Cities PBS and the Center for the Art of Medicine at the University of Minnesota Medical School.

  • Some Thoughts: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Some Thoughts

    3m 42s

    Dr. Alexandra Alejos wrestles with identity is her piece, "Some Thoughts." This is a co-production of TPT-Twin Cities PBS and the Center for the Art of Medicine at the University of Minnesota Medical School.

  • Patient Needs Dictate Dr.'s Equity Work: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Patient Needs Dictate Dr.'s Equity Work

    2m 13s

    Dr. Cuong Pham's health equity work has changed as patient needs change. This is a co-production of TPT-Twin Cities PBS and the Center for the Art of Medicine at the University of Minnesota Medical School.

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