126. The Family Doctor: William Ventres, MD, MA

<p><em>The CE experience for this </em><em>Podcast</em><em> is powered by CMEfy - click here to reflect and earn credits: </em><a href= "https://earnc.me/s2SpCy" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">https://earnc.me/s2SpCy</a></p> <p>Bill Ventres is a seasoned family physician and medical anthropologist. Clinically, he has more than 30 years’ experience as a community-based family doctor working in both in ambulatory and hospital settings. His work has focused on the care of underserved and minority populations in safety-net clinics and corrections health settings. Outside of clinical practice, he has been a leader in developing family medicine internationally, investigating communication between physicians and patients, and using qualitative methods to explore practice-oriented research questions. He has written extensively on topics related to social determinants of health, ethics in generalist practice, and social accountability in medical education. He has been awarded two Fulbright Senior Scholarships to teach in medicine and public health, one in Venezuela and the other in El Salvador, and has been a visiting professor at the Nelson Mandela University in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"> </div> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Join the Conversation!</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;">We want to hear from you! Do you have additional thoughts about today's topic? Do you have your own Prescription for Success? Record a message on <a href= "https://rxforsuccesspodcast.com/message" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Speakpipe</a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href= "https://www.speakpipe.com/widget/inline/xxqxqsv9gtml0cagk7xooqmuz3m2ppa1" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src= "//assets.libsyn.com/show/187244/Record_Now_sp.png" alt="" width= "121" height="46" /></a></p> <p> </p> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="alignleft size-medium is-resized"><a href= "https://i0.wp.com/rxforsuccesspodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IPB.png?ssl=1"> <img class= "wp-im