Amrita Sandhu, second year Master’s student in the Department of Family Medicine, has been honoured with a 2023 Scarlet Key Award which is given to Â鶹AV student leaders who go above and beyond what is expected of them.
Amrita Sandhu currently serves as Chair of the Board of Directors of Sex and Self, a non-profit focused on improving sexual and reproductive health education in Canada. Amrita’s passion for education extends to her work as a graduate student in the Family Medicine Department, where she researches the integration of patient-centered care practices into continuing medical education at Â鶹AV. An advocate for women’s health and EDI in medicine, Amrita also works in AI research to improve female-centered healthcare for women at risk of cardiovascular disease. Her dedication towards the production of Sex and Self’s two-part seminar series, Facing the Facts, allowed over 100 Â鶹AV students to learn about the need to advocate for change in the field of Medicine to promote a more diverse healthcare system.
In addition, Amrita will be submitting her MSc thesis next month which is titled ‘Decisional Stakes and Patient-Provider Incongruency during Shared Decision Making: A Family Medicine Resident Perspective’.
Congratulations Amrita!
