Ever wonder how to pitch an article to the lay press about a burning issue in the healthcare field? Do you desire to use social media as an agent to advance health equity and looking for a place to start? If so, apply to take the Creatives for Social Change in Medicine (CSCM) virtual course led by Dr. Ade Osinubi, an Emergency Medicine resident physician, photographer, fillmmaker, and freelance writer whose work has been published in the Washington Post, Essence, Teen Vogue among other places.  

The goal of the CSCM initiative is to educate, support, and create community for students and health care professionals who desire to use their creative gifts to advocate for social change and equity in the healthcare field. This biweekly virtual pilot course, taking place from January - April 2026, will feature sessions from engaging speakers such as Dr. Darien Sutton, Dr. Lash Nolen, Dr. Osose Oboh, Dr. Jamaji Nwanaji-Enwerem, Dr. Rachel Bervell, Dr. Ade Osinubi and Student Doctor Chidiebere Ibe. They will teach on topics such as narrative medicine, social media health education, writing/pitching OpEds, medical illustration, and many things in between. The course will culminate in a final project from a medium of the creator’s choosing such as an Op Ed publication, medical illustration series, photography series, podcast episode, TikTok and/or Instagram series, book proposal, short film, etc that will address a social issue(s) in the healthcare field. This course is currently open to ALL Undergraduate Pre-Health Students, Medical/Dental/Veterinarian/PA/Nursing Students, Physicians, Nurses, Physician Associates, and anyone else who identifies with being in the healthcare field

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