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1/ BREAKING from #AMAmtg: AMA HOD just adopted a report by the @AmerMedicalAssn's Council on Medical Education which aims to begin redressing the harms of the #FlexnerReport.
As a Councilor on CME who is invested in health justice, this is a report I am jazzed about. 🧵
As a Councilor on CME who is invested in health justice, this is a report I am jazzed about. 🧵
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I learned about CME's role as a sponsor of the Flexner Report well before joining the Council, bc the downstream consequences have been huge.
The Report closed 5/7 Black medical colleges, diminishing the projected # of Black docs today by >35k 👇🏽
jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…
I learned about CME's role as a sponsor of the Flexner Report well before joining the Council, bc the downstream consequences have been huge.
The Report closed 5/7 Black medical colleges, diminishing the projected # of Black docs today by >35k 👇🏽
jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…
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When CME began our report on pathway programs & workforce diversity, it was clear we needed to address our history. As we (@DrAlethaMaybank @FaithCrittenden @glass_heff_full) wrote in @Health_Affairs, this was a chance to go beyond declarative advocacy.
healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hbl…
When CME began our report on pathway programs & workforce diversity, it was clear we needed to address our history. As we (@DrAlethaMaybank @FaithCrittenden @glass_heff_full) wrote in @Health_Affairs, this was a chance to go beyond declarative advocacy.
healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hbl…
1/ @AmerMedicalAssn adopted two resolutions we wrote (CC @glass_heff_full @FaithCrittenden + more).
For the first time in AMA history, we have policy to explicitly & actionably fight for #antiracism in #MedEd, health care delivery, research, & practice.
🧵 from the #AMAmtg
For the first time in AMA history, we have policy to explicitly & actionably fight for #antiracism in #MedEd, health care delivery, research, & practice.
🧵 from the #AMAmtg
2/ First, let's be clear: we passed these policies by standing on the shoulders of giants, & especially women of color.
We cited almost 100 references by scholars including @CamaraJones @DorothyERoberts @zinzinator @DrMaryTBassett @RRHDr @tsaiduck77 @AmakaEMD @IHJM_ & others.
We cited almost 100 references by scholars including @CamaraJones @DorothyERoberts @zinzinator @DrMaryTBassett @RRHDr @tsaiduck77 @AmakaEMD @IHJM_ & others.
3/ By telling the truth & reconciling harms, and by advocating for actionable paths forward, these new policies will foster a brighter future of robust AMA advocacy for #HealthEquity and #Antiracism.
The adopted Resolved clauses (our resolutions are 005 & 010) are as follows:
The adopted Resolved clauses (our resolutions are 005 & 010) are as follows:
#Hahnemann is a cautionary tale of for-profit companies plundering a #SafetyNetHospital for a land deal. After speaking with several former physician trainees and the Internal Medicine PD @DaveAizenberg. The stories were disheartening. We must do better. #HahnemannStories 1/
#Hahnemann #tweetorial-In all the talk of policy changes and corporate malfeasance, the personal impact cannot be undersold. One story that needs to be shared is that of Erika Correa (permission given to share her experience). #HahnemannStories #medtwitter #MembersMoveMedicine 2/
Dr. Correa was starting #HemeOnc fellowship orientation at #Hahnemann when the closure was announced on June 26. She was suddenly without a program, funding, or health insurance. She had bought a house in Philadelphia, planning to stay at least 3 more years. #medtwitter 3/
A brief #tweetorial for those curious as to why I spend countless hours on a non-specialty medical organization. The basic premise of the @AmerMedicalAssn House of Delegates is actually simple. #healthpolicy #publichealth #MembersMoveMedicine 1/
It’s a representative democratic body consisting of members of societies from the US states and subspecialties of medicine, convening twice a year as the @AmerMedicalAssn House of Delegates (HoD). The majority of each meeting is spent deliberating policy proposals. #AMAmtg 2/
Any member or organization can bring resolutions with various policy goals to the HoD to be debated and voted on. These go through a multistep vetting process where everyone has the opportunity to speak on and amend these policies under the rules of parliamentary procedure. 3/
My take on what the votes by the AMA House of Delegates on coverage mean. First, there is a lot more support for publicly financed coverage then ever before. Nearly half of the delegates, 47%, voted to delete @AmerMedicalAssn’s long-standing opposition to single payer. #AMAmtg
Because a narrow majority, 53% of delegates, voted again the Medical Students resolution to eliminate opposition to single payer, the @AmerMedicalAssn will continue to oppose it. For noW But the delegates are clearly divided, nearly down the middle, on it. #AMAmtg
.@ACPinternists’ resolution to change @AmerMedicalAssn policy to support offering everyone a public option received very strong support in testimony before the Reference Cmte and on the floor. The Ref Cmte recommended study of public options rather than adopting it. #AMAmtg
