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first year medical student | lover of coffee, sunshine, & wine....and eliminating health care disparities | she/her I #BLM

[Hina Patel @hinapatelRx]

Diary of a Sad Woman - why I hate COVID. Sun, Oct 15th - my brother picks up my mom who has just spent 2 weeks in Florida staying with my aunt post uncle’s death.  Mom/dad had both attended my uncle’s funeral 2 weeks earlier.  Mom comes back feeling sick.

[medgal @medgal4]

@TheRealDoctorT Dr. T- I am an M1 currently feeling overwhelmed in the throws of anatomy, the task of the hour being memorizing the brachial plexus. This is beautiful. Thank you for your stories & everything you do for your patients and colleagues.

[medgal @medgal4]

Reason a million why I love my grandma: she emails me words of support and even throws in an article about Buttigieg as Biden’s new secret weapon ❤️😭 #thecutest #womeninmed #election2020

[Lisa Teixeira, MD MS @LisaTUroMD]

Medical school has taught me I don’t spend enough time looking at ground glass...

[medgal @medgal4]

Fellow M1 roomie and I are having a laugh attack because we have NO idea what was going on in our lecture on nucleotide synthesis yesterday, but are being quizzed on it today #ha #isthisnormal how will I learn this stuff?!?!

[medgal @medgal4]

I’ve only had orientation....aaaaaandddd holy! so! much! to! learn! excited & nervous & thrilled & terrified all in one #medicalstudent #meded

[medgal @medgal4]

@itspseudomona 🙋🏼‍♀️ hi!!!

[Christina Amutah MD, MPH @ChristinaAmutah]

10 questions for non-Black medical students to reflect on during this time ⚡️

Read aloud a version of these questions to 400 of my peers yesterday and was asked to share them publicly.

#MedTwitter #MedStudentTwitter

[medgal @medgal4]

@k_wiesendanger Gosh, yes that perspective is so important! Thank you!

[medgal @medgal4]

Hey #MedTwitter! Any advice for an incoming M1? #MedEd

[medgal @medgal4]

@me_unplugged20 @MedEdBot This is helpful. thank you!

[medgal @medgal4]

@RavaliAReddy Great advice, thank you!

[Mark Lewis, MD, FASCO @marklewismd]

Tomorrow when I go to work as an oncologist I’m going to order fewer scans so I find less cancer.

[Michael Mackley @MichaelMackley]

1/ I am a third-year medical student. Yesterday, I was assigned a new patient. I hadn’t met them yet, but knew they had presented with liver-related symptoms. In preparation for morning rounds, I flipped through their chart and checked their lab work.

[Natalie Crawford, MD @ncrawfordmd]

Black women:
Have higher rates of infertility.
Have fewer infertility treatments, including IVF.
Have lower live birth rates.
Have higher miscarriage rates.
Have higher preterm birth rates.
Have higher fetal death rates.
Have higher maternal death rates.

We have work to do.

[Victoria Alexander @victoria_phd_]

I’ve been getting a lot of questions from my non-Black friends about how to be a better ally to Black people. I suggest unlearning and relearning through literature as just one good jumping off point, and have broken up my anti-racist reading list into sections:

[Kimberly D. Manning, MD, MACP @gradydoctor]

Racism is a public health issue. Period. Great resources here—thank you @SNMA.

And remember: These deaths weren’t just “POC.” They were and are Black Americans with names, futures, and loving families. Let’s all have the courage to be specific. The assailants sure were. #SeeUs