Kirra

Unaccredited Gen Surg Reg - future UGI/HPB/Bariatric Surgeon. Passionate about Human Factors & access to surgery. All views, thoughts and opinions are my own.

[Kirra @EDEnchanted]

@DocJasmina Thank you! I've tried to find this one before and it doesn't come up in my search results

[Kirra @EDEnchanted]

Are there any women in surgery Facebook groups for Australia where wisdom about surviving training & the logistics of life exists?

[Rhea Liang @LiangRhea]

How many more men will kill women this year before something gets done? *Actually* gets done, not just pat expressions of horror or glossy press releases. 😠
https://t.co/7GSUlgiBX0

[Rhea Liang @LiangRhea]

@k_eagar @RyanPark_Keira What will the repercussions for the health exec be? I predict crickets 🦗, which will be more 'excusing' through actions after saying the easy words. It would be more remarkable if someone showed actual leadership and said- no. Not on my watch anymore ✋. #TheStandardWeWalkPast

[Dr Marian Dover @DoverMarian]

Let me repeat this clearly:

A doctor’s training is not “superior” to that of a Pharmacist or Nurse or Psychologist or Allied Health.

It’s not a turf war.
It’s not a competition.
It’s not for substituting.

Our training is different and together we work better.

[Rhea Liang @LiangRhea]

What's interesting are the replies/QTs ignoring how consistent these results are with the larger body of literature, and instead attempting the equivalent of 'look over there!' <points in random direction> 🤣

Don't be distracted. This is why we need #DiversityAndInclusion. 🤗❤️

[TheVegabus / Tea @TheVegaBus]

#ArjBarker
#MICF
I spoke with @ellenmahoney_ who was at the Arj Barker show, this was what she had to say.
The staff didn't seem to mind. But this was handled very poorly and I say unprofessionally

[Rhea Liang @LiangRhea]

'We select on merit'

It's not 'merit' when training is impossible for specific groups. Who, as it happens, are people living the same lives as populations we serve.

'The doctor doesn't understand what I'm going through'. Well, duh. We selected those with lived experience OUT.🤦🏻‍♀️

[Kirra @EDEnchanted]

@LiangRhea Enough brilliant women have been forced out of training, how do we stop this? How do we change this system? What meaningful steps are we taking to actually make the change? None of these are easy questions with easy answers but it isn't enough to just talk about the problem

[Rhea Liang @LiangRhea]

Don't anyone DARE tell me we have equity or that women 'aren't resilient enough' when having 4 kids and surviving an abusive marriage while working out-of-town secondments still means you have no more than the same 6 years as everyone else to get specialty training done. 😠👎

[Kirra @EDEnchanted]

@DocJasmina @LiangRhea @OrthopodReg @DrMarniqueB @arghavan_salles Thank you for sharing, I'm so glad you found a way through, I wish it didn't have to be so hard.

[Kirra @EDEnchanted]

@DocJasmina @LiangRhea @OrthopodReg @DrMarniqueB @arghavan_salles How are families managing this? I've spoken to several women about this & it's contributed to several leaving surgery because they can't answer these questions

[Kirra @EDEnchanted]

@DocJasmina @LiangRhea @OrthopodReg @DrMarniqueB @arghavan_salles Let's say you are lucky enough to have a healthy baby, then what? How do you parent with your training when your partner can't follow you & you're far away? Who is with baby? How do you manage when you might not be able to go home to see them even on the weekend? Seriously?

[Kirra @EDEnchanted]

@KangarooBeach @Ahpra Wow..... no words

[Kirra @EDEnchanted]

@Aidan_Baron I feel you, not renewing my nursing/mid rego was a bigger deal than I saw coming

[Rhea Liang @LiangRhea]

Day #5 without power and trying to look on the bright side of life- the fridge and freezer are sparkling clean and we have accidental white wine/champagne vinegar 🤷🏻‍♀️. Not holding hope of power restoration today with ongoing storms though.
#ClimateChange

[Kristin Song @kristinsong3]

My name is Kristin Song.

On January 31, 2018, my son Ethan was shot in the head in his best friend's house. The father/gun owner stored 3 handguns and ammunition in a shoebox. Ethan's friend had been accessing the guns for over 6 months.

At the hospital, the ER doctor slid down the wall, put his head in his hands, and whispered, "Your son is gone." At that instant, all I knew, loved and trusted was imploded into a million tiny pieces.

I begged to say goodbye to my beautiful boy. I wanted to kiss his forehead, tell him how cherished he was, and tuck him in one last time. But the doctor begged me to remember Ethan as he was, you see, he was unrecognizable even to my eyes.

The day before Thanksgiving in 2018, the prosecutor told me she would not charge the negligent gun owner, and if I wanted negligent gun owners to be held accountable, I would have to change the law.

So I did.

6 months later, Connecticut passed Ethan's Law, which requires gun owners to secure their weapons if children can gain access.

Then, I learned that so many states stood silent on this issue, so in 2019, I turned my attention to passing Ethan's Law nationally. I met with over 400 congressional offices, 130 of them Republican.

In 2022, Ethan's Law was passed in the House of Representatives as part of the Safer Communities Act. Sadly, it was not picked up in the final package.

When the Democrats lost the House of Representatives in 2023, I pivoted to passing safe gun storage laws in the States. As a result, Michigan, New Mexico, and Maryland passed safe storage laws.

Currently, I am working with 5 states to pass Ethan's Law.

I am emotionally and mentally exhausted, but I will not stop until there is a cultural shift in this country where it becomes second nature to secure your weapons around unsupervised children.

If you believe in protecting children from gun violence, please follow and repost.

[amykaufman @amykaufman84]

33 years ago tonight, 14 women went to bed thinking about their finals, future in STEM and the upcoming holiday season. They didn’t know that these dreams threatened a man’s sense of self worth and that they wouldn’t survive to see their goals and aspirations become a reality.