Marxist nonsense endangering medical patients with doctors who are incompetent, but checked all the right boxes.
President Biden’s health has become a central issue, not least because many feel that the Democratic leaders misled the country on his vigor. I feel a similar sense of betrayal by those same leaders who advocate for the supposed beneficial effects of diversity, equity and inclusion or DEI in medicine.
The field of medicine has always been held to be the most trustworthy profession of all. Physicians are supposed to be the hardest working, most skilled and diligent caretakers of our health. Yet the DEI movement is drawing ideological lines in an environment that should be apolitical, eroding trust along the way.
~ It is complete folly, and dangerous, to believe that the selection and education of our future doctors should be based upon social justice parameters and identity politics.
~ If anyone speaks up against this, he or she is labeled a “bigot,” “racist,” “misogynist,” or whatever leftist attack word can be spat at them. The bottom line is that medicine should be about the patient, not the social identity of the physician.
~ We have witnessed the waiving of Medical College Admission Test scores for students to enter medical school. On medical school applications, prospective medical students check every identity politics box in hopes of a competitive advantage.
DEI apologists love to argue patients prefer to go to doctors who look like them. Perhaps, in some instances this is true. However, the logical conclusion of this position is segregation in the classroom and the doctor’s office.
~ Social media is full of videos these days of medical students boasting that they failed their exams but that, “‘they will be a doctor anyway.” Where is the patient in all of this?
~ Meaningful civil progress does not require deception to build a coalition of support. Although many who endorse the DEI movement may be well-intentioned, in medicine, the end results will be disastrous for the patient. The patient is what doctors are supposed to care about most.
Opinion: Don’t trust the lies on diversity, equity, and inclusion in medicine
President Biden’s health has become a central issue, not least because many feel that the Democratic leaders misled the country on his vigor. I feel a similar sense of betrayal by those same leaders who advocate for the supposed beneficial effects of diversity, equity and inclusion or DEI in medicine.
The field of medicine has always been held to be the most trustworthy profession of all. Physicians are supposed to be the hardest working, most skilled and diligent caretakers of our health. Yet the DEI movement is drawing ideological lines in an environment that should be apolitical, eroding trust along the way.
~ It is complete folly, and dangerous, to believe that the selection and education of our future doctors should be based upon social justice parameters and identity politics.
~ If anyone speaks up against this, he or she is labeled a “bigot,” “racist,” “misogynist,” or whatever leftist attack word can be spat at them. The bottom line is that medicine should be about the patient, not the social identity of the physician.
~ We have witnessed the waiving of Medical College Admission Test scores for students to enter medical school. On medical school applications, prospective medical students check every identity politics box in hopes of a competitive advantage.
DEI apologists love to argue patients prefer to go to doctors who look like them. Perhaps, in some instances this is true. However, the logical conclusion of this position is segregation in the classroom and the doctor’s office.
~ Social media is full of videos these days of medical students boasting that they failed their exams but that, “‘they will be a doctor anyway.” Where is the patient in all of this?
~ Meaningful civil progress does not require deception to build a coalition of support. Although many who endorse the DEI movement may be well-intentioned, in medicine, the end results will be disastrous for the patient. The patient is what doctors are supposed to care about most.