What is just as important as getting people well? Dr. Christina Johns argues that helping people sift through the sea of misinformation that bombarded our day-to-day lives throughout the pandemic era became a critical part of healthcare. Dr. Johns dives into how the healthcare world has adapted from a sole focus on traditional medicine to health education on top of prevention and treatment. She argues that medical information - evidence-based, consistent, accessible, relatable, and public - is vital to the future of health education Dr. Christina Johns is a leading pediatric emergency care physician and Senior Medical Advisor at PM Pediatric Care, the largest pediatric urgent care network in the US. Dr. Johns led PM Pediatric Care’s COVID-19 response team as one of the earliest organizations to develop clinical protocols and administer COVID-19 testing to children in 2020. She is board certified in both pediatrics and pediatric emergency medicine, has appeared on national news shows and created a community webinar series to decode evidence-based clinical information. Her pediatric residency was completed at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions and fulfilled her postdoctoral fellowship at Children’s National Health Systems in Washington, DC. She served as assistant division chief in the Emergency Medicine and Trauma Center at Children’s National/The George Washington University School of Medicine for 15 years, where she also obtained her education master’s from George Washington University School of Education. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at [ Ссылка ]
