👳🏽👳🏽I have been 'mistaken' for the other brown guy on the team.
🙊 I've been called 'wog' by a patient
🇮🇳 Asked 'Where are you really from?' by patients so we can discuss 'India'. Why does it matter?
'microaggressions': it's about empathy...if I said this how would the person feel?
What message am I communicating by asking them where they are from? I'm asking if they belong.
Would I ask the same question to someone else?
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'unconscious bias': it's about understanding how your mind works. Do I treat other people differently based on skin colour? It's uncomfortable to think we all are prejudiced. We are. #RacismInMedicine
@NHSEngland video:
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We need to DO better.
We need to BE better.
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Read @mbrrace for more.
Cultural competency is commonly cited as a solution.
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"All over body pain" in an Afro-Carribean lady is Guillain-Barre syndrome
"suspected TB" in an Afghani lady is a nervous system tumour
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🗣️ "...we found a combination of data gaps, low demand for evidence, and a failure to act on available knowledge."
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Includes: undergrad, postgrad, machine marked, practical clinical, pass/fail/continuous assessments
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Thanks to @HelenRSalisbury and @mancunianmedic for speaking out. #RacismInMedicine
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🗣️"Define yourself by your outcomes: people can either accept you or not. And don’t apologise for being who you are—be proud of what you are and where you come from. The rest will follow."
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🗣️"Research confirms that the extent to which an
organisation values its minority staff is a good barometer of
how well patients are likely to feel cared for"
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