For Scott Wright, a 2 p.m. meeting every Wednesday is among his favorite hours of the work week. That’s when he gathers with the other five members of the CLOSLER.ORG editorial team to refine takeaways from articles that have been contributed by clinicians from all over the world — valuable reflections and insights on how best to provide exceptional care to patients.
The CLOSLER site, launched in 2018 by CIM’s Miller Coulson Academy of Clinical Excellence to bring today’s doctors “closer to Osler,” has really taken off in its first six years.
“We now have thousands of health care professionals and trainees from all over the world — doctors, nurses, medical students, trainees, pharmacists and more — who are regularly visiting CLOSLER and learning about how best to serve patients and work more effectively across clinical settings,” says Wright, director of the Miller Coulson Academy and holder of The Anne Gaines and G. Thomas Miller Professorship.
He notes that CLOSLER’s content is shared beyond the website to those who subscribe to the site’s weekly email (more than 10,000 individuals) and with many more people across numerous social media platforms, including Twitter/X, Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn and Facebook.
“It’s really been a joy to see CLOSLER expand and evolve, as it has made the Johns Hopkins name synonymous with clinical excellence.” – Scott Wright
CLOSLER has also seen additions to its offerings beyond the typical clinical care articles that are a mainstay. In response to increasing interest in the humanities in medicine, the editorial team launched a new forum for “creative arts in medicine” that has quickly gained a following. In one recent entry, Hopkins internist Sujay Pathak performed a song he had created, “Heal Me,” which was inspired by an end-stage patient with heart failure.
Says Wright, “It’s really been a joy to see CLOSLER expand and evolve, as it has made the Johns Hopkins name synonymous with clinical excellence.” He adds, “I can’t wait to see what the future will hold as we grow in our mission to inspire clinicians the world over to provide more humanistic and clinically excellent care.”
