Physician Assistant Minority Alliance (PAMA)

Drexel U alumni-led organization dedicated to supporting minority PA students academically, professionally, & socially.📚🥼✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿 IG: @phillyPAMA

[JAAPA @JAAPAonline]

Why has racial representation within the PA profession plummeted in the past decade? "The PA school admissions process, a system that rewards wealth and privilege at every turn, may be to blame," @HarrisonReedPA says in this commentary: https://t.co/D6bpK5hUsE

[Harrison Reed, PA-C @HarrisonReedPA]

Absolute must-read for anyone in or considering a career in medicine. @jbullockruns has provided a huge act of service to all of us.

It’s up to the rest of us to fix this.

[Physician Assistant Minority Alliance (PAMA) @PhillyPAMA]

@theartofebm Thank you @theartofebm for this amazinggg opportunity!!

[Avery Posey @IAmDrDex]

In a city where 40% of residents are black, Rite Aid vaccines have gone to 4% black residents and 87% white residents. Rite Aid is the second largest vaccine distributor in the city. Inequitable. https://t.co/U1UtKm4w6a

[Dr. Bryan Leyva @DrBryanLeyva]

Even if every POC was afforded free standardized test prep prior to applying to grad school, you’ll likely still see racialized differences in test scores. By all means, let’s increase access to test prep for students from minoritized groups, but pls stop expecting miracles. 4/5

[Dr. Bryan Leyva @DrBryanLeyva]

Doing well on standardized tests also requires a certain way of studying/learning; due to poverty, lack of study spaces, books, teachers, etc. many of our kids have adapted participatory ways of learning, processing & consolidating info that aren’t captured in these tests. 3/5

[Dr. Bryan Leyva @DrBryanLeyva]

Standardized test taking is an acquired skill built over a lifetime. Many of our kids aren’t afforded the opportunity to build this skill in middle and high school. The reasons for this are complex and at the heart of it is racialized poverty and education inequity. 2/5

[Dr. Bryan Leyva @DrBryanLeyva]

A 2-3 mo GRE, LSAT or MCAT prep course can’t fix 21 years of unequal schooling. Educators can’t expect Black, ESL, & inner-city students to get a perfect score bc they took a test prep course. The reality is many students who take them still don’t do well on these tests. 1/5🧵

[Physician Assistant Minority Alliance (PAMA) @PhillyPAMA]

Thank you @theNSBPA !! Please checkout out our IG @phillyPAMA for more content!!

[theNSBPA @theNSBPA]

This year for Black History Month, we will be featuring PA Programs throughout the month that have student diversity initiative programs.

First up, we have Drexel’s Physician Assistant Minority Alliance (PAMA).

Check them out @phillypama on Instagram!

[NPR @NPR]

The New York State Bar Association is considering expelling Rudy Giuliani over his comments ahead of the Capitol insurrection — and his efforts for months to cast doubt on the results of the presidential election.
https://t.co/cGLNjUtfeO

[American Academy of Physician Associates @AAPAorg]

It's official, you're #1! 🥇 https://t.co/4hAONFrSQJ

[Whitney Lerch @WhitPAC]

It’s important to give ourselves grace

[American Academy of Physician Associates @AAPAorg]

The @HHSGov has created a portal to help PAs and other medical providers find information about different stages of #COVID19, prevention and treatment clinical trials, and locations to donate plasma. https://t.co/8CwPP32Bkb

[Preston D. Mitchum @PrestonMitchum]

Normalize saying “I don’t know.”

[U.S. Surgeon General @Surgeon_General]

This year, it’s more important than ever for our communities to get their flu vaccinations. We know in fact that less than 40% of minorities get the flu vaccine. As a result, thousands die and many more are hospitalized from a largely preventable disease.

[Ibram X. Kendi @ibramxk]

This is the American criminal justice system in a nutshell.

[Physician Assistant Minority Alliance (PAMA) @PhillyPAMA]

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[TIME @TIME]

Watch: World leaders react to Joe Biden's election win and Kamala Harris' history-making ascension to the vice presidency https://t.co/1mMS5M1B1D

[Michelle Obama @MichelleObama]

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[ColorOfChange @ColorOfChange]

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