Diversity Doesn’t Save Lives? | Guest Dr. Shruti Patel

Today on @MedTwitThisWeek, Dr. Shruti Patel (@ShrutiPatelMD) discusses her reaction to a (now retracted) @JAHA_AHA article that purports that “Diversity Doesn’t Save Lives”. #MedTTW

Published August 7, 2020

Host: Chris "The Chiu Man" Chiu
Guest: Shruti Patel

@ShrutiPatelMD’s tweet that was discussed today:
https://twitter.com/ShrutiPatelMD/status/1290081849935454215?s=20

Here's a link to the now retracted article from @JAHA_AHA:
https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/JAHA.120.015959?url_ver=Z39.88-2003

And here is the retraction notice:
https://twitter.com/jaha_aha/status/1291429474429542400?s=21

If you aren't already, follow @londyloo’s unyielding and important activism:
https://twitter.com/londyloo?s=21

@evebowers_’s tweet about test scores and medical schools:
https://twitter.com/evebowers_/status/1290753806658134019

@iwashyna’s #NoManels pledge and email:
https://twitter.com/iwashyna/status/1290645530977153027

@MedCrisis’s philosophical YouTube video:
https://twitter.com/MedCrisis/status/1290021491979870208?s=20

The wonderful @katepaint42’s recent feature in @BBCNews
https://twitter.com/thecurbsiders/status/1288831994235965440?s=20

Recent examples of her work here:
https://twitter.com/katepaint42/status/1288620557228023814?s=20

And here:
https://twitter.com/katepaint42/status/1288231907784876042?s=20

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