William Ventres
Biographic Data
| ID | 227177 |
|---|---|
| NAME | William Ventres |
| GIVEN NAMES | William |
| FAMILY NAME | Ventres |
| SIGNATURE | VENTRES W |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3573-2845 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
My Own Private Ceremony
Rethinking Goals
The authors challenge the conventional wisdom guiding what participants in short-term experiences in global health (STEGHs) should be learning. Medical students and residents from the United States have been told to focus on standardized competencies and ethical principles, in addition to the biomedical knowledge, skills, and attitudes highlighted by working internationally. The authors suggest that although these training goals are important, th…
Facilitating Critical Self-Exploration by Global Health Students
Much has been written about the need for participants on global health service-learning experiences to contemplate ethical features of their involvement. This literature tends to neglect the role of self-interest in global engagement, however. This article explores how awareness of one's own interests is critical to successfully engaging in global health experiences and proposes how US-based health professions students and trainees can practice c…
Qualitative Methods in Community-Based Participatory Research
Building Power Between Polarities
In this article, I introduce the concept of the space-in-between. This space-in-between is born of the realization that, between the expression of any two polarities (across dimensions such as emotion, thought, geography, and ideology), there exists a philosophical construct useful for framing thinking about practice, research, and managerial relationships in the health professions. Out of this construct emerge practical considerations useful for…
Eyes wide open
BACKGROUND: There is a growing understanding of the role social determinants such as poverty, gender discrimination, racial prejudice, and economic inequality play on health and illness. While these determinants and effects may be challenging to identify in parts of high-income countries, they are patently obvious in many other areas of the world. How we react to these determinants and effects depends on what historical, cultural, ideological, an…
Chronic Kidney Disease Among Agricultural Workers in Central America
AffiliationsWilliam Ventres is with the Institute for Studies in History, Anthropology, and Archeology, University of El Salvador, San Salvador, and the Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland
Qualitative Methods in Community-Based Participatory Research
Building Power Between Polarities
In this article, I introduce the concept of the space-in-between. This space-in-between is born of the realization that, between the expression of any two polarities (across dimensions such as emotion, thought, geography, and ideology), there exists a philosophical construct useful for framing thinking about practice, research, and managerial relationships in the health professions. Out of this construct emerge practical considerations useful for…
Eyes wide open
BACKGROUND: There is a growing understanding of the role social determinants such as poverty, gender discrimination, racial prejudice, and economic inequality play on health and illness. While these determinants and effects may be challenging to identify in parts of high-income countries, they are patently obvious in many other areas of the world. How we react to these determinants and effects depends on what historical, cultural, ideological, an…
Chronic Kidney Disease Among Agricultural Workers in Central America
AffiliationsWilliam Ventres is with the Institute for Studies in History, Anthropology, and Archeology, University of El Salvador, San Salvador, and the Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland
Qualitative Methods in Community-Based Participatory Research
Building Power Between Polarities
In this article, I introduce the concept of the space-in-between. This space-in-between is born of the realization that, between the expression of any two polarities (across dimensions such as emotion, thought, geography, and ideology), there exists a philosophical construct useful for framing thinking about practice, research, and managerial relationships in the health professions. Out of this construct emerge practical considerations useful for…
Facilitating Critical Self-Exploration by Global Health Students
Much has been written about the need for participants on global health service-learning experiences to contemplate ethical features of their involvement. This literature tends to neglect the role of self-interest in global engagement, however. This article explores how awareness of one's own interests is critical to successfully engaging in global health experiences and proposes how US-based health professions students and trainees can practice c…
My Own Private Ceremony
Rethinking Goals
The authors challenge the conventional wisdom guiding what participants in short-term experiences in global health (STEGHs) should be learning. Medical students and residents from the United States have been told to focus on standardized competencies and ethical principles, in addition to the biomedical knowledge, skills, and attitudes highlighted by working internationally. The authors suggest that although these training goals are important, th…
Cultural Competency in Health Care (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Public relations (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Global Health and Surgery (3 works) · Ideology (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Engineering ethics (2 works)