the-spoonie-life:strengthins0lidarity:goawfma:this ^^^^Medical diversity is key.This is so important
the-spoonie-life:strengthins0lidarity:goawfma:this ^^^^Medical diversity is key.This is so important in all fields but especially the medical profession. Being able to connect with patients and identify that they aren’t engaging with information is vital to patient care [Image IDs: A tweet thread by SI6HTS, @Oga_DoctorBlue on Twitter.1. Why we need more black men in medicine. I had a patient this week who came in with left leg weakness over the last week. Younger black guy in his 30s. Brain MRI clearly indicates multiple sclerosis. So we all go in during morning rounds to give my man his diagnosis.2. He has a bit of blank stare as he listens to my attending try to explain what he has. He was told earlier he might’ve had a stroke, and now we’re telling him he doesn’t have a stroke. But he’s clearly processing what he does have and just saying “nah” to having any questions. 3. So we’re running the patient list after rounding, and as we get to him my attending says somn like “idk if apathy is the word, seems like he doesn’t care.” Laughs and so does the rest of the team. I’m sitting there like, this ain’t it. And yes, I was the only one.4. So after running the list, I don’t even stick around with the team. I go back to dude’s room and the code switch was automatic. “Look mane, I know all that was a lot. Did you really get what the doc was sayin?” Mans looked at me with a face of relief.5. Now I’m goin into detail on MS, how it’s different from a stroke, and what it means for him long term. The real validation came when he interrupted me early on and said “OH so it’s a BRAIN thing I got?” “Yes my man it’s a brain thing”6. And now my dude understands what he has, why we need the tests we need, and what the rest of his life might look like. All because I could recognize what everyone else seemed to miss, from a cultural perspective. He’s not apathetic. Folk just weren’t connecting with him.End IDs.] -- source link