Thread by @innodim

Firstly, wow.
I had NO idea this story would strike such a nerve. I just put it out as a means of processing my own feelings & experience.
Thank you for your love, compassion, humanism, & shared anger, sadness, & determination to create better for our children & each other.
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https://twitter.com/innodim/status/1579967073710931974

Super importantly, I want to shout out my intern, Dr. G (she’s not on Twitter) who was also on the case & handled an extremely challenging encounter w/ grace & compassion. I’m grateful to her providing me the opportunity to pass on the valuable lessons my teachers taught me.

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It helps remind me as well as keep me accountable.
Also, I’d like to share that I called her after clinic to debrief with her. When something so jolting happens, we cannot just push it under the emotional carpet &move on to the next patient, the next task, the next whatever.
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And as her attending physician, it is my responsibility to create & hold space for her to process & affirm her experience. I also shared my own sadness, anger, & struggle, hopefully role modeling that vulnerability is strength.

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I may not be able to change the toxic maladaptive behaviors in all of medicine today, but I can choose to do something about how I teach, practice, & advocate each day.

That, I can do.

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Secondly, shout out to Kids Talk Child Advocacy Center & Dr. Dena Nazer for being a resource for our child survivors of abuse & trauma. Now THEY are the true HEROES!!!!!!!!!

guidance-center.org/kids-talk/

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