Posted on 11/16/2022 3:55:38 PM PST by nickcarraway
Just how woke is your nearest medical school? Likely very woke — yet the organization that helps oversee medical schools thinks it’s not woke enough.
So says the Association of American Medical Colleges, which last week released the first-ever analysis of the extent to which “diversity, equity and inclusion” have infected the institutions training future physicians. I’ve covered this trend for years, but even I didn’t realize just how much patients should worry about the decline in standards and, in time, the quality of their own care.
The AAMC surveyed 101 institutions, representing almost two-thirds of American medical schools (two are in Canada), asking for audits of their DEI-related policies and programs. While the AAMC doesn’t appear to have released a list of participating schools, my organization discovered the audits’ existence in October, when Ohio State University included the document prepared by its College of Medicine in response to our freedom of information request.
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Thank you.
I share it only to let people know they aren’t alone in their struggles with an elderly parent. I discovered when going through it, that this was common and to not take anything to heart. There are classes and seminars for family members dealing with elderly relatives that are very helpful in knowing what to expect and knowing you are not alone.
Yep, older folks, myself included, tend to be set in our ways and hate change. I’m wicked bad when it comes to junk food myself. My diet is basica,,y a caveman diet, ie mostly meat, I eat only twice a day, and shovel sugar Into me like it’s going out of style. Some day it’s gonna catch up to me I’m sure. Might already be doing so.
It doesn’t cause b,ocked arteries does it?I wonder why if it reduces cholesterol it doesn’t help at ,east slow down b.ocked arteries?
I don’t think so.
The doctor said it was just genetics.
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