Weird twitter phenomenon this week where learners are unaware of a thing and assume it doesn’t exist. History is important. You know that medical science isn’t new, right? We managed to learn and do a couple things before you came along.
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Learner: Aargh, I have no way to auscultate this patient’s heart! Why has no one thought of this before?! Me: *hands them a stethoscope* Learner: this isn’t accessible for patients, so that they may diagnose heart block at home or through their iPhone!”
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Learner: There are no doctors that care about racial health disparities! Me: Hi. I exist. So did my pediatrician. There are 3 entire medical schools at HBCUs. Howard’s was founded over 150 years ago. Learner: But they weren’t built in my literal backyard. This is horsesh t!
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Replying to @UrbaneDoc4Kids
One of the four major research programs at my cancer center is called the Population Studies & Disparities Research Program. It exists to research health and health care disparities. It’s a huge thing here. https://www.karmanos.org/karmanos/population-studies-disparities-research-program …
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Then there’s this. When people say e we don’t care about health disparities, all I can do is
. https://www.karmanos.org/karmanos/office-of-cancer-health-equity-and-engagement …
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