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General Internist in Calgary MPH @JohnsHopkinsSPH 2019 MD @UAlberta_FoMD 2013 BSc @UCalgary 2009 she/her
Jan 20, 2021 4 tweets 2 min read
Men outnumber women 3:1 as cited experts on COVID-19 in American print media - our article in @JournalGIM is out today:
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@tharrisonmd @SMHernande Women make up over 70% of healthcare workers and public health degree graduates, and over 50% of infectious disease experts - but less than 40% of experts referenced in newspapers on COVID-19.
Dec 1, 2019 7 tweets 2 min read
On one holiday evening many years ago, a woman was dying and we couldn’t reach her family. A RN climbed into her bed with her and wrapped her arms around this woman and repeated “you are not alone” over and over until she died. #ABnurses One night in emerg, a patients family member was yelling at me and being very aggressive. An RN was paying attention, and called security, who arrived just as the family member grabbed both my arms and pushed me into a wall.