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Stanford WC4BL and the Stanford Health Justice Coalition
Stanford WC4BL and the Stanford Health Justice Coalition organized a rally this past Friday to #DefendDACA! “Students shared their experiences as DACA recipients and we are working on a photo campaign, phone banking, and fundraising for a local organization” #MedDreamers #Repost @stanfordomsa ・・・ #defenddaca (at Stanford University School of Medicine: Center of Excellence)...
Self Care Tuesday
Take a break. Your studying, your work, your activism can wait for you for 10 seconds…20 seconds…30 seconds. Mindfully find *reset* time for your mind and your body today, however short or however long. . . . #selfcaresaturday #destressmonday #destress #relaxationtips #guidedmeditation #selfcarematters #selfcare #destresstips #stressfree #wellness #selfcareinactivism...
FollowFriday: @projectdiversifymedicine
#FollowFriday: @projectdiversifymedicine is your new daily pick-me-up! Featuring health professionals who are underrepresented in their fields and reminding us all what we’re working towards. ———— “What you think, you become.” ~Buddha ….. If you believe you can become a doctor then you will. DREAM. BELIEVE. WORK. REPEAT until you are wearing that long white...
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Medical Myth: “Black Women Feel Less Pain”
#throwbackthursday in Medical History: J. Marion Sims was a white sadist who is often considered “the father of gynecology”. His breakthroughs are built on the backs of enslaved black women and the *persisting* medical myth he perpetuated that “black women feel less pain”. He procured enslaved black women (at least two named Betsy and...
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Words Wendnesday: Dr. Tweedy Recalls Feeling Great
Dr. Tweedy recalls feeling great about acing his first med school exams at Duke…until a moment with his professor. “So I was coming into the classroom after a break and he comes up to me, somewhat angrily, and asks me about fixing the lights and that he called about this earlier and that I...
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Term Tuesday: Institutional Racism
Another #termtuesday! Your beginner’s guide or maybe the thing you send your exhausting friends who ask you all these questions ;D. An example of institutional racism in medicine: A disproportionate number of the uninsured are racial minorities. As health insurance access in the U.S. is *still* most often tied to employment, racial stratification of...
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