Need for Diversity in Medicine

Recorded:
Oct 2024
Speaker
Dr. Liz Thomason
Duration
00:01:09
AUDIO CLIP
TRANSCRIPT

Dr. Liz Thomason: Well, I think some things need to happen. I think we need to have diversity in providers, just diversity in all contexts, like folks coming from rural places and wanting to engage and provide care in rural places. People that may come from backgrounds that they face what it’s like to live off some sort of food stamps or needing different jobs and working, and coming from a place where life just wasn’t handed to you, to understand some of the patients and the decision-making and how funding and economics really impacts their decision making. And I think there needs to be more people of color going into medicine and other health professions; queer folks going into these roles as well, and that way, to have people see their providers as, “Oh, they may understand me because they look like me.” But also, when you expand diversity [and] have these diversity groups, you as a collective will be able to become a more open-minded and better suited to take care of a wide range of patients.

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