There is a major controversy brewing in Canada over a proposal in the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons that schools shift from emphasizing “medical expertise” in favor of teaching “anti-racism” and social justice values.An organization of physicians called Do No Harm is opposing the recommendation of the interim report by the college’s Anti-Racism Expert Working Group.
The report states that the new emphasis should center around “values such as anti-oppression, anti-racism, and social justice, rather than medical expertise.” By “de-centering medical expertise,” the anti-racism experts suggest courses focusing on “anti-racism,” “anti-oppression,” “social justice and equity,” “inclusive compassion,” and “decolonization.” That includes the perils of capitalism and other “power structures”:
“Anti-racism is deeply rooted in anti-oppression, which analyzes the world through the lens of power, including the historical and ongoing structures of racism, white supremacy, settler colonialism, heteropatriarchy, capitalism, ableism, classism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia and more. Anti-racism and antioppression call for action on the manifestations of oppression based on race, ethnicity, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, immigration status and more. “
In a separate report, the group has also opposed U.S. medical schools filtering out applicants who opposed DEI values. The group states that it found that “the admissions process at 50 of the top-ranked medical schools found that 36 asked applicants their views on, or experience in, DEI efforts” to “screen out dissenters.”
Most U.S. medical schools currently have some DEI and diversity courses incorporated into their curriculums. Some now give an alternative hippocratic oath pledging social justice and anti-racist action.
It is not clear how much of the traditional curriculum would be displaced under the recommendation in Canada. With a kid in his first-year of medical school at Georgetown, I am amazed at the overwhelming burden on these students in taking these medical courses. The first year curriculum seems an all-consuming effort to cover the basic medical jargon, training, and science. I cannot imagine shoe-horning other subjects into that dense coverage or what would be jettisoned to make room for the new emphasis.
Just the latest installment of “As The World Turns – Upside Down”.
Medicine: that assured the public that a non-sealing procedure mask with gaps between it and your face would effectively filter aerosol Wuhan Flu.
Medicine: that assured the public that men can be “birthing persons” who can menstruate and get pregnant.
Medicine: still a science or now a religion?
Like the plandemic and the climate crisis scams. It is not science anymore….it is science fiction.
Oh, sure…I want to insure that my brain surgeon is well-versed in DEI rather than the anatomy of the human brain. Just how dumb will we become before we realize that we are not going to make it with this sort of mindset/insanity.
This will become another example of the divergence of our nation as one group will embrace DEI, the lowering of standards to appease social justice.
Another group will see the crazy of these idiots form their own schools, colleges, medical facilities, all with high standards.
Two societies living in parallel that shall never meet.
One will feel all warm and fuzzy with low education and higher death rates.
The other one will not.
There is a sickening similarity to when the National Socialists began to weed out certain people from the medical community. Let’s face it, meritocracy is dead and Western Civilization is on life support.
This thinking is actually being pushed by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education and is recognized by the US Department of Education and the World Federation of Medical Education. They are the medical accrediting institutions in the US. If the schools do not push DEI and anti racism then they fail to get accredited. This directly pushes non merit teaching and racism. Change the Federal Government, then terminate the Dept of Education and tell the Liaison Committee to butt out. You have to go to the accrediting institutions of colleges and schools and wipe them clean and then go after the individuals that inhabit them
GEB,
Well said.
DEI must die.
It’s a religion. Re-charter the school as a divinity school.
from: THE NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE October 5, 2023
Dismantling the Overpolicing of Black Residents
Addressing Disproportionate Disciplinary Actions and Creating a Supportive Environment for Black Medical Trainees
In the face of disproportionate disciplinary actions against Black medical trainees in the United States, a new framework has been proposed to foster a more supportive and equitable environment. This approach aims to reduce overpolicing, enhance transparency, and promote mental health among Black residents, ultimately improving their experience and retention in residency programs.
overpolicing….lmao thats funny
My objection to these Dumb Equity Initiatives is that there is absolutely zero evidence that there is a positive impact on society from these ideas. The proposal by AWERG never says what the intended results are with this gruesome plan.
Most every medical practitioner has knowledge of the concept of triage. With these DEI concepts, are we going to be subject to a reversal, and have patient treatments determined by what racial groups are represented among the victims, rather than the likelihood of successful medical results from the actions of medical personnel? Or are we going to see that people being treated for illness or disease are first evaluated based upon their representation of different categories of DEI?
Do any of these thought leaders understand that they, or anyone else, can’t guarantee equality of results?
This is why I refuse to see doctors who aren’t at least my age.
It’s happening here in the states too; I just got a graduation announcement from a second cousin of mine. Major: Psychology. Minor: Social Justice. Literally, I’m not editorializing. And this was in a red state.
We need to burn the whole thing down and start over with education, and the woke should not be invited to participate.
Democrat policies result in pain. Democrat policies are the reason medical care and college education far outstripping inflation. Soros prosecutors, have residents running for other states. Huge corporations like Target and CVS are permanently closing stores.
“Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.”
HL Menken
Trofim Lysenko
Lysenkoism (Russian: Лысенковщина, romanized: Lysenkovshchina, IPA: [lɨˈsɛnkəfɕːʲɪnə]; Ukrainian: лисенківщина, romanized: lysenkivščyna, IPA: [lɪˈsɛnkiu̯ʃtʃɪnɐ]) was a political campaign led by Soviet biologist Trofim Lysenko against genetics and science-based agriculture in the mid-20th century, rejecting natural selection in favour of a form of Lamarckism, as well as expanding upon the techniques of vernalization and grafting.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysenkoism
“. . . shift from emphasizing “medical expertise” in favor of teaching “anti-racism” and social justice values.”
So now the “E” in DEI means: Make everyone suffer equally. And the “I” means: Include more people in the cemeteries.
For decades now medical schools have had lower admission requirements for diversity folks. There is serious consideration in academic medicine today about lower graduation standards as well.
Insanity
The most important thing I want my doctor to know is how to decolonize my whiteness!
I wonder if that will require surgery or is there medication for your condition?
Whatever it takes! I hear it’s a chronic condition requiring ongoing treatment.
Another example of things so stupid only an intellectual could believe them.
Another example of irrational people in positions of influence who are trying to destroy our way of life..
We are looking at de facto genocide of future generations.
It all started when fire departments, an a bid to make it easier for women to become fire fighters, got rid of the requirement that applicants had to be able to carry a certain amount of weight in order to be able to save a life in a burning building. They still had weight requirements but they were suddenly lower, as if people suddenly got lighter!!!!
Another example is how suddenly obese is “attractive” and “HEALTHY”. People don’t want to try to stay in shape so what the heck, let’s all be fat.
Harvard, Columbia and Yale got rid of many Jewish and Asian students and imported many third world people for diversity sake and we have the EDITOR OF THE HARVARD LAW REVIEW attacking a Jewish student for having an Israeli flag. Do you think Oliver Wendall Holmes would have done this?
This is the dumbing down of the west, mostly America, be foisted upon us by the left. All students at Yale get 4.0 grades, models are obese, singers can’t sing, cops are 5’2″ women, doctors are studying oppression instead of disease and presidents are suffering from dementia and nobody in the media talks about it.
Oddly enough there is one area where the new sickness of “bad is good” or “there is no bad” is in the sports arena. Notice that they don’t force women into the NFL or Jewish guys into the NBA, or lower the pitch speed in baseball in order to make it more “fair”. Nope, in the least important area of our lives the meritocracy remains.
Sorry Hullbobby, you spoke too soon. My alma mater, Cornell University, just hired a new football coach and one key qualification he had to meet was a publicly declared “commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion”.
Wiseold, it seems to always go downhill faster than I anticipate.
Hullbobby, you did not anticipate this either:
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any football coach who isnt committed to “diversity” in race is a sure loser lol
If medical schools are to de-emphasize “medical expertise,” a hard science, in favor of non-science, Western medicine’s demise will be swift. Thank God, with the health issues I am facing currently, I can reply on practitioners whose schools DID emphasize medical expertise. What our grandchildren will have to rely on will be lectures as to why they are to blame for their own ailments, assuming they are white (or Asian), and why to blame their illnesses on others if they aren’t. What our grandchildren will NOT get is proper medical care and treatment.
Are there people who really believe this, or is this part of some loosely-bound confluence of efforts to eradicate every aspect of Western culture? I suspect the latter, with the exceptions of those who will always benefit – the gloablist-insider super-rich.
And soon patients will be required, prior to treatment, to answer DEI questions.