Thread by @chitra_mdmba

Here’s an idea: an inclusive conference on maternity care feat OBs, FM docs, Peds, midwives, L&D RNs, lactation consultants...

Or a gynecological surgery meeting w MDs, NPs, surgical techs, Anesthesia, pelvic PT, pain specialists, wound care experts. 1/

Interprofessional collaboration is not only a critical part of women’s healthcare delivery, but also can provide immense joy in work. Far too often, we retreat into our corners, take a zero sum mentality, and rely on stereotypes of one another when things get hard. 2/

The disparagement of advanced practice clinicians by MDs is getting tired. They are not stealing our jobs, they do not provide substandard care, and they are not “mid-levels.” They provide a different philosophical approach to healing that healthcare sorely needs. 3/

The moral outcry of nursing and non-physicians against a static, paternalistic bastion of medicine does not reflect the motivations and identities of who physicians are today. We are mostly women, many of color, and are here for the right reasons, ready to work with you. 4/

There are plenty of frustrations because working with others is hard, period. In healthcare we are expected to form dynamic, high performing teams at the drop of a hat. To save lives. In other industries these teams would take weeks, months, or years to gel. 5/

Let’s focus on how we want to work together as opposed to the fact that we have to work together. How can we improve role clarity, identify common goals, create psychological safety? How can we acknowledge the very real and uneven burdens we each take on? 6/

That there aren’t national fora for physicians, APCs, nurses, techs, counselors, etc to meet for consensus, debate, info-sharing on best practices in a particular field is outdated and reinforces unproductive siloes.

Haven’t we agreed by now that healthcare is a team sport? 7/