Bio

Yeuen Kim MD MAS is an internal medicine physician with expertise in population health, medical humanities educational interventions, and working with vulnerable populations in urban settings. She trained at Brown University's Program in Liberal Medical Education and completed residency/chief residency at the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in San Jose, CA. She has worked with vulnerable populations in ambulatory and mobile settings as a primary care attending and medical outreach physician, as well as completing a Masters' and fellowship in clinical research at UCSF's Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology & SFGH DGIM, where she evaluated electronic referrals to subspecialty clinics from safety settings (Kim, Chen et al, JGIM 2009.) She worked with the SF and Santa Clara County public health departments to help reduce mortality and improve COVID19 and mpox mitigation, especially at congregate residential facilities through better ventilation, public-private collaboration, and addressing determinants of health for essential workers. Since 2013, she has facilitated art gallery-based workshops for physicians and learners to improve observation and communication skills. She co-leads narrative medicine and oncology workshops for students, residents (Edwards, Kim et al, BMJ Educ 2022) and faculty as a clinical associate professor in Primary care and population health.

Clinical Focus

  • Internal Medicine

Academic Appointments

Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations

  • board member, Hamlin School Alumni Association (2021 - Present)
  • board member, Brown Medical Alumni Association (2021 - Present)

Professional Education

  • Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine (1999)
  • Residency: Santa Clara Valley Medical Center Internal Medicine Residency (1999) CA
  • Medical Education: Brown University Alpert Medical School (1996) RI

Contact

  • Academic
    University - Faculty other teaching Department: Med/Primary Care and Population Health Position: Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor
  • Clinical (Primary)  Vaden Health Center 866 Campus Dr MC 8580 Stanford, CA 94305 (650) 498-2336 (fax)

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  • When it's needed most: a blueprint for resident creative writing workshops during inpatient rotations. BMC medical education Edwards, L. M., Kim, Y., Stevenson, M., Johnson, T., Sharp, N., Reisman, A., Srinivasan, M. 2021; 21 (1): 535

    Abstract

    BACKGROUND: Narrative Medicine may mitigate physician burnout by increasing empathy and self-compassion, and by encouraging physicians to deeply connect with patient stories/experiences. However, Narrative Medicine has been difficult to implement on hectic inpatient teaching services that are often the most emotionally taxing for residents.OBJECTIVE: To evaluate programmatic and learner outcomes of a novel narrative medicine curriculum implementation during inpatient medicine rotations for medical residents. Programmatic outcomes included implementation lessons. Learner outcomes included preliminary understanding of impact on feelings ofburnout. Additionally, we developed a generalizable narrative medicine framework for program implementation across institutions.METHODS: We developed and implemented a monthly 45-min Narrative Medicine workshop on Stanford's busiest and emotionally-demanding inpatient rotation (medical oncology). Using the Physician Wellbeing Inventory (PWBI, range 1-7; 3-4=high burnout risk; ≥4, high burnout), we anonymously assessed resident burnout during pre-implementation control year (2017-2018, weeks 1and 4), and implementation year (2018-2019, weeks 1 and 4). We interviewed program directors and facilitators regarding curriculum implementation challenges/facilitators.RESULTS: Residents highly rated the narrative medicine curriculum, and the residency program renewed the course for 3 additional years. We identified success factors for programmatic success including time neutrality, control of session, learning climate, building trust, staff partnership, and facilitators training. During control year, resident burnout was initially high (n=16; mean PBWI=3.0, SD: 1.1) and increased by the final week (n=15; PBWI=3.4, SD: 1.6). During implementation year, resident burnout was initially similar (n=13; PBWI=3.1, SD: 1.9) but did not rise as much by rotation end (n=24; PBWI=3.3, SD: 1.6). Implementation was underpowered to detect small effect sizes. Based on our our experience and literature review, we propose an educational competency framework potentially helpful to facilitate inpatient narrative medicine workshops, as a blueprint for other institutions.CONCLUSIONS: Inpatient Narrative Medicine is feasible to implement during a challenging inpatient rotation and may have important short-term effects in mitigating burnout rise, with more study needed. We share teaching tools and propose a competency framework which may be useful to support development of inpatient narrative medicine curricula across institutions.

    View details for DOI 10.1186/s12909-021-02935-x

    View details for PubMedID 34670565

  • Precision Public Health Matters: An International Assessment of Communication, Preparedness, and Coordination for Successful COVID-19 Responses. American journal of public health Sales, C., Kim, Y., Kim, G., Lin, B., Palaniappan, L. 2021; 111 (3): 392–94

    View details for DOI 10.2105/AJPH.2020.306129

    View details for PubMedID 33566659

  • NARRATIVE ONCOLOGY: AN INTERVENTION TO PROMOTE RESIDENT WELLBEING AND PATIENT-CENTERED CARE ON AN EMOTIONALLY EXHAUSTING INPATIENT ROTATION Stevenson, M., Edwards, L., Kim, Y., Kim, C., Johnson, T., Garvert, D. SPRINGER. 2020: S754

    View details for Web of Science ID 000567143602345

  • Not Perfect, but Better: Primary Care Providers' Experiences with Electronic Referrals in a Safety Net Health System 31st Annual Meeting of the Society-of-General-Internal-Medicine Kim, Y., Chen, A. H., Keith, E., Yee, H. F., Kushel, M. B. SPRINGER. 2009: 614–19

    Abstract

    Electronic referrals can improve access to subspecialty care in safety net settings. In January 2007, San Francisco General Hospital (SFGH) launched an electronic referral portal that incorporated subspecialist triage, iterative communication with referring providers, and existing electronic health record data to improve access to subspecialty care.We surveyed primary care providers (PCPs) to assess the impact of electronic referrals on workflow and clinical care.We administered an 18-item, web-based questionnaire to all 368 PCPs who had the option of referring to SFGH.We asked participants to rate time spent submitting a referral, guidance of workup, wait times, and change in overall clinical care compared to prior referral methods using 5-point Likert scales. We used multivariate logistic regression to identify variables associated with perceived improvement in overall clinical care.Two hundred ninety-eight PCPs (81.0%) from 24 clinics participated. Over half (55.4%) worked at hospital-based clinics, 27.9% at county-funded community clinics, and 17.1% at non-county-funded community clinics. Most (71.9%) reported that electronic referrals had improved overall clinical care. Providers from non-county-funded clinics (AOR 0.40, 95% CI 0.14-0.79) and those who spent > or =6 min submitting an electronic referral (AOR 0.33, 95%CI 0.18-0.61) were significantly less likely than other participants to report that electronic referrals had improved clinical care.PCPs felt electronic referrals improved health-care access and quality; those who reported a negative impact on workflow were less likely to agree. While electronic referrals hold promise as a tool to improve clinical care, their impact on workflow should be considered.

    View details for DOI 10.1007/s11606-009-0955-3

    View details for Web of Science ID 000265306700011

    View details for PubMedID 19308334

    View details for PubMedCentralID PMC2669877

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