Twin doctors offering Advice to Minorities who want to become doctors. #URM, #LGBT, people with #disability and the economically disadvantaged are our jam!
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I wonder if the #COVID19 pandemic will make medical schools reconsider the modality of video interviews.
The financial barrier for travel to these interviews is real, and for some a hindrance that can be eliminated.
Thoughts?🤔
#AcademicTwitter #MedStudentTwitter #medtwitter – at Gretna, LA
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Given the circumstances surrounding #COVIDー19 some medical schools have transitioned to online interviews. It would be nice if this became a new normal. It sure would help many low-income and/or disadvantaged applicants have a fair shot.
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The first drive through #COVID19 testing center just opened on the South Side. Meanwhile, ppl downtown have at least 4 sites they can get to with relative ease.
This is racism. This is classism.
Stop asking why Black people don’t trust doctors or medicine. It is not irrational.
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Telling doctors to wear bandanas in a pandemic is like telling soldiers to fight wars with crayons.
#COVID19 #coronavirus #doctors #medicine #publicvoices @TheOpEdProject
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The argument that Step 1 was some people’s “only chance” at getting noticed by fancy/competitive programs is frustrating because way more people are barred from those opportunities because of cutoff scores. Using exceptions to make a point in a scientific community is so weird.
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Checked in w/ 3 of our McNeely Dream (M.D.) scholars today from @PtechDunbar ❗️
We have a future plastic surgeon, pediatrician, & neurosurgeon who are being paired up w/ mentors in their desired field‼️
#DrMcNeelyDreamProject📚
#PipelinePrograms
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It’s been a little over a month since my @statnews OpEd on leaving academics.
My goal was to center and give voice to Black experiences in the workplace.
Some have called it ‘a bad career move’, however, in my opinion, speaking truth to power can *never* be the wrong move. – at New York, USA
I wrote this deeply personal piece and I chose bravery over fear.
My OpEd in today’s @statnews about why I left my faculty position in academia last month and what losing Black faculty means for our students and patients.
statnews.com/2020/01/16/blac…
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Accounts run by men receive roughly double the retweets of those run by women. Even online, we are talked for and talked over. Even online, men’s voices carry twice as much worth. It matters. When you see women writing about things that interest you, retweet us. It’s that simple.
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As part of our modern Black History month twist, we are checking out my former anatomy students Drs. Brittani and Brandi's @MedLikeMe! Hoping to inspire students as well as expressing the need for kindness & inclusion. medlikeme.com/about-me/ @theTwinsburgHS
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I’m always amazed by how medical textbooks will drop a:
“Black people are more likely to develop...”
“African-Americans have the highest rates of...”
With no mention whatsoever of the systemic factors that contribute to the disparate outcomes we observe.
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Standing in front of the slave quarters of our ancestors, at The Whitney Plantation, with my medical school classmates. We are truly our ancestors’ wildest dreams ✨✊🏾 – at New Orleans, LA
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@MedLikeMe this is what @_botttt and I were talking about when we said @the15whitecoats has to be successful NO MATTER WHAT. #4GetAboutAWhiteGaze
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A patient of mine explained that he wasn’t taking his meds bc hadn’t eaten a full meal in days and was afraid to take them on an empty stomach. This is how poverty kills. #publicvoices @TheOpEdProject @RushUniversity
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My twin sister and I (also a black MD) give career advice to minorities hoping to become doctors. We give keynotes on our story and how to diversify the physician pipeline. We are launching our podcast next month! medlikeme.com and follow @medlikeme to amplify
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In 2019…
We touched over 4.8K people, welcomed 10 board members from across the country, and raised a total of $213,893.91 for scholarships and programs.
In 2020 we intend to award $100,000 in support to our inaugural ten #ElevateMeD scholars to be announced in the Spring.
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Designed for a certain number?
What’s the magic number?
And, what about when an institution isn’t even meeting that?
Good thoughts @MedLikeMe❗️ – at Florida, USA
