Trauma-Informed Care Through the Lens of Immigration-Related Trauma: A Medical Education Intervention

Julia Gillan¹, Betsy Mathew^{1

2}, Jessica Occhiogrosso¹, Nathalia Arias-Alzate², Kristen M Coppola¹, Karen W Lin^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS), Piscataway, NJ.
² Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, RWJMS, New Brunswick, NJ.

Julia Gillan et al. Am J Med Qual. 2026 Jan-Feb.

. 2026 Jan-Feb;41(1):37-38.

doi: 10.1097/JMQ.0000000000000274. Epub 2025 Dec 31.

Julia Gillan¹, Betsy Mathew^{1

2}, Jessica Occhiogrosso¹, Nathalia Arias-Alzate², Kristen M Coppola¹, Karen W Lin^{1

2}

¹ Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS), Piscataway, NJ.
² Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, RWJMS, New Brunswick, NJ.

No abstract available

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