Roles
- Professor of Clinical Medicine
- Senior Associate Dean of Curriculum
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Biography
Dr. Agarwal has been on the faculty at the University of Pittsburgh and Harvard Medical School prior to returning to the University of Miami in 2007, where she has developed, directed, and taught numerous courses at the medical school including the Cardiovascular Course, Respiratory Course, Doctoring/Physicianship courses, the Internal Medicine Clerkship, the Medical Education Elective, and the Transitioning to Residency Course. She has an interest in the medical humanities and founded Obliterants, the medical school’s first humanities journal. She serves as the faculty advisor for the magazine and for UM’s chapter of the Gold Humanism Honor Society. She has won many school, regional, and national teaching awards including the American College of Physicians (ACP) Medical Educator Award. For the past ten years, the graduating senior class has chosen her to either serve as student marshall or as a hooder at their graduation. In 2017, she received the Leonard Tow award for Humanism in Medicine. Nationally, she serves on committees for the National Board of Medical Examiners and on the scientific subcommittee for the ACP. In 2023, she was one of two faculty members nationally to be a Gold Humanism Scholar for the Harvard Macy Program for her work in developing a curriculum on the intersection of artificial intelligence and the medical humanities. She has published on AI ethics and AI curriculum for health professions students. She is a proponent for thoughtful and humanistic integration of innovative technology in curricula and recently received a NIH grant to implement a virtual reality curriculum for medical and nursing students.
She has published research on the impact of visual thinking strategies on medical education and presented her work globally at the Association for Medical Education in Europe International Annual Conference. She is the Associate Editor for the International Journal of General Medicine. She sees patients at UM’s Human Rights clinic, writing medical affidavits for patients seeking asylum and is a physician-volunteer for the medical school’s department of community service. -
Education & Training
Education
Post Graduate Training
Licensures and Certifications
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Honors & Awards
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Teaching Interests
Internal Medicine, Medical Education, Residency Preparation, Medical Humanities -
Research Interests
Medical Education: Impact of Visual Thinking Strategies, Development of Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills, Interprofessional Education, Capstone/Bootcamp Courses, Medical Humanities, Communication Skills -
Publications
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