This is the most vulnerable piece I've ever written, sharing the details of my traumatic fellowship experience. I feared its consequences, but I have a story worth telling & I hope my vulnerability can help others and promote culture change for trainees. medium.com/@rfentonmd/the…

Not wordle, just another panel discussion I've been invited to participate in on "diversifying the curriculum" 🥴 ⬜⬜⬜🟫⬜

cause everyone is studying for step exams, here’s my yearly reminder that gays can get things aside from HIV

“Patient is confused” No, they aren’t. They just don’t speak English. 😡

Why do people think saying “I’m not even going to try to pronounce your last name” is funny. It’s not cute. Stop it. 🙄

There's this assumption that physicians and public health professionals are all using an equity lens, but many were socialized and educated in racist and elitist institutions. These COVID hot takes that don't consider the most vulnerable or exposed are par for the course.

Sending love today to Jewish people for seeing images of Swastikas all week. Sending love today to Black people for seeing images of Confederate flags all week. Sending love today to Indigenous people for seeing appropriation and mockery of ceremonies all week. /1

Reflecting on how “Diversity”, “Equity”, & “Inclusion” especially “Inclusion” is translated by institutional leadership, culture, & norms as: “Bring your Black body, but leave your Black soul at home.”

Really needed to hear this today.

Uh….what do you mean by “overrepresented”?

Hot take: if you’ve ever written “defer to / follow up with PCP” in your plan, you should be be actively advocating for payments, structures, and technologies that support #primarycare.

Today, I found myself apologizing for having an off day and “not having the best attitude” and then I had to remind myself I saw 4 horrible child abuse cases in the last few weeks and sometimes ER doctors suppress our feelings and never address them so we can see the next patient

Thinking about how some advice I was given today was to “focus on your world”. What?

Just read this section of aunty Dr. Prof. Harriet Washington's "Medical Apartheid" on my Instagram live. Pay attention to the underlined parts. Bottom line: 📣”Enslavement couldn’t have existed & certainly could not have persisted w/o medical science.”

CW: transphobia. My badge has had she/her pronouns for a year. I’m cis, & I wear it to help my patients & colleagues who fall under the trans umbrella feel a little more comfy. In the last few weeks, several cis patients have berated me for it.

This is my daughter. She just turned 9. Here is why I would never allow her to play middle or high school sports if we lived in Ohio…

Thank you for putting these feelings into words, @PEM_md! jsonline.com/story/opinion/…

Just a reminder that everyone’s rights are being attacked unless you’re a rich, white, cisgender male and we need to be working together across the silos society tries to put us into.

Calling all #PCCM fellows & PDs on #MedTwitter! Our research team Nationwide Children's Clinical & Research Updates is looking for #PICU fellows who are #URiM to participate in a study exploring influential factors on decision-making during recruitment. DM/message Soore Akande, DO #PedsICU