Gretchen K. Berland, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine 333 Cedar Street P.O. Box 208033, LMP 87 New Haven, CT 06520 Phone: 203-737-5157 Fax: 203-737-5358 e-mail: gretchen.berland@yale.edu

Training

Medical school: Oregon Health Sciences University,
Portland, Oregon (June 1996).
Internship/Residency: Washington University Medical Center in St. Louis, Barnes Hospital. (July 1996-July 1999)
Fellowship: UCLA Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program (July 1999-2001)

Clinical & Teaching Activities

Inpatient attending, St. Mary’s Hospital (Yale Primary Care Medicine Residency Program), Outpatient attending: St. Mary’s Family Health Center

Scholarly Activities

Understanding the patient’s perspective, particularly in the context outside of the clinical arena is an essential, though often overlooked, component of the doctor-patient relationship. I am currently studying the perspective of the individual wheelchair user with communications technologies and several qualitative methods. I am also interested in using video to study health care delivery in the emergent medical setting, specifically medical codes and operative traumas. I am also developing a seminar series on the role of media and medicine with the Yale Clinical Scholars Program.

Selected Publications and Documentaries

1. Berland, G., Elliott, M., Morales, L. “Health Information on the Internet: Accessibility, Quality, and Readability in English and Spanish.” JAMA. 285 (20): 2612-2621. 2001 May.
2. Berland, G., Morales, L., Elliott, M. "A Report on the Quality of Health Information on the Internet.” RAND Health. May 2001.
3. Rolling (life in a wheelchair). A 71 minute feature length documentary that has been widely acclaimed for providing unique patient-centered perspectives into the lives of wheelchair users.
4. Maintaining Independence with Dignity: Perspectives from the Wheelchair.” A 90 minute documentary produced by Gretchen Berland and Michael Majoros.
5. WGBH Television for PBS Primetime. “Condition Critical.”
   A two-hour special on health care reform
6. MacNeil/Lehrer for PBS & NBC. “Hard Choices” and “A Time For Change.” A series on health care issues.
7. GBH Television for the NOVA Series.
   • “Race For The Superconductor”
   • “Chaos”
   • “The Controversial Dr. Koop”
   • “Can The Elephant Be Saved?”
   • “Confessions of a Weaponeer”
   • “Death of Star”
   • “A Hole In The Sky”