Andrew X. Yang

[Andrew X. Yang @andxyang]

@JimmyTo_15 CONGRATS JIMMY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Andrew X. Yang @andxyang]

@jameshwang214 Congratulations James!!!!!

[Andrew X. Yang @andxyang]

@giovanna__rocca @olsonplanner Agreed here, too. This commentary discusses the commodification of medical education and ceding of pedagogical authority to for-profit players… worth a read: https://t.co/egaPyzrlg2

[Andrew X. Yang @andxyang]

Key question is *how* #medicine, esp #medstudents, should organize+act. What actions are we uniquely positioned for? Who else to coordinate w? How to normalize solidarity, revolt? How do we connect w each other and what do we *do*? What r u willing to risk on ur own vs. together?

[Andrew X. Yang @andxyang]

#MedTwitter #MedStudentTwitter we’re conditioned to trust in policy+institutional reform (“if u want change join a committee or a society or fill out an eval or *vote*…”)
What happened today is nothing new: violence justified by law, i.e. by-the-book, “respectable” barbarism

[Andrew X. Yang @andxyang]

Mobilizing from “within” has its limits. Rules do not inherently deserve ur respect. The point of direct action + civil disobedience is to reject senseless authority that harms.
This is hard to convey to med students who by and large r exceptional rule-followers

[Andrew X. Yang @andxyang]

What’s the devastating #SCOTUS overturn of Roe mean for #MedTwitter + esp #MedStudentTwitter? Will we free ourselves from the self-serving, careerist, oppressive stance embodied by “professionalism”? Civil disobedience needn’t wait for faculty permission or assurances of amnesty.

[Andrew X. Yang @andxyang]

Painful yet essential words from @jonasattilus: an illustrative account of how diversity w/o inclusion is tokenism at best, violence at worst, and leagues away from equity in any case. Grateful to learn from u Jonas! Unfortunate what brought you to MN but glad you’re here now ❤️

[Andrew X. Yang @andxyang]

@surganthro @BrighamSurgery @StanfordSurgery Glad you're OK—what a ride! I remember u taking ur temperature before and after ur phenomenal virtual talk at SHSSM conference... who'd have thought you'd end up hospitalized with even more phenomenal insights as a patient! Great lessons, thx for sharing, gluck w/ rest+recovery!

[Bonnie W @surganthro]

6wks before starting residency @BrighamSurgery, abd pain+fever+CT w/ ?appendicitis got me admitted to @StanfordSurgery. To spoil the diagnostic puzzle, it was campylobacter p/w pseudoappendicitis. Here's 10 things I learned as a patient that I hope I'll remember as an intern: a🧵

[Andrew X. Yang @andxyang]

It's absurd I'll need a *strategy* to prove my need for accommodations to USMLE lest I be judged a malingerer.

I can't help seeing parallels to patients contorting every which way to access the care they need; clinicians doing gymnastics to justify the care plan to insurance cos

[Andrew X. Yang @andxyang]

Just the other week I met with a disability services specialist for the 1st time. Grateful for an affirming experience identifying access solutions!

While we had options for coursework, the specialist made a point to warn me of barriers I'd likely face for #step1 accommodations

[Bryan Carmody @jbcarmody]

Wow - 52% of medical students seeking disability accommodations for the USMLE Step 1 examination were denied.

Among those who took the examination without accommodations, 32% failed.

From:

https://t.co/gJrLiUyt20

[Andrew X. Yang @andxyang]

Later, I brought up psychiatric diagnosis #2—the specialist lit up!

For arbitrary reasons, USMLE's historically more sympathetic to diagnosis #2 than #1. So when the time comes I should lead w/ diagnosis #2.

Sorry how's this different from reducing patients to their disease? 👀

[Dr Rosalynn Austin RN @RosalynnAustin]

Workshop using the ICAN tool @krboehmer reflects, "Clinicians typically see the measurable outcomes. The reality is that people are in a complex struggle to balance their illness, life, & treatment workload with their personal capacity #BurdenofTreatment #carethatfits22

[Victor Montori, MD 💙 @vmontori]

Hard to eradicate cruelty from healthcare when we don’t care for and about those whose dream it is to care for and about others. This is #WhyWeRevolt @patientrev