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(1/n): Friends, please help my tiny female brain (who graduated top of her class at 3 different Ivy League universities but that’s irrelevant) considered a real doctor:
1) I’m an epidemiologist (w/ a PhD) during a global pandemic & everyone needs me
1) I’m an epidemiologist (w/ a PhD) during a global pandemic & everyone needs me
(2/n)
2) When I teach others how to be epidemiologists during a global pandemic & everyone needs them.
3) When I give you CPR/Heimlich maneuver/first aid as a
& I save your life.
4) When I teach others CPR/Heimlich maneuver/first aid as a & they save your life.
2) When I teach others how to be epidemiologists during a global pandemic & everyone needs them.
3) When I give you CPR/Heimlich maneuver/first aid as a
& I save your life. 4) When I teach others CPR/Heimlich maneuver/first aid as a
& they save your life.
(3/n)
5) When people hire me as a private consultant to teach them how to conduct drug RCTs in a methodologically & statistically robust manner in order to make the safest drug possible and save millions of lives.
5) When people hire me as a private consultant to teach them how to conduct drug RCTs in a methodologically & statistically robust manner in order to make the safest drug possible and save millions of lives.
(4/n)
6) When I teach students how to conduct drug RCTs in a methodologically & statistically robust manner in order to make the safest drug possible and save millions of lives.
6) When I teach students how to conduct drug RCTs in a methodologically & statistically robust manner in order to make the safest drug possible and save millions of lives.
(5/n)
7) When my parents introduce me to people.
8) When male colleagues introduce me to people.
9) When random people call me in a health emergency.
10) When I teach students how to respond to health emergencies.
7) When my parents introduce me to people.
8) When male colleagues introduce me to people.
9) When random people call me in a health emergency.
10) When I teach students how to respond to health emergencies.
(6/n) @Lester_Domes
11) When I spend YEARS doing research & publishing on a topic that gets used as part of a 1-hour CME course for MDs to maintain their license & I get no credit.
12) When I teach others how to do said research.
11) When I spend YEARS doing research & publishing on a topic that gets used as part of a 1-hour CME course for MDs to maintain their license & I get no credit.
12) When I teach others how to do said research.
(7/n)
13) When people spend hours of my time asking for health advice.
14) When my advice is not something they want to hear.
13) When people spend hours of my time asking for health advice.
14) When my advice is not something they want to hear.
(8/n)
15) When I was a psychologist and stopped people from killing or harming themselves or others.
16) When a psychiatrist does the same thing.
17) My existence in academia.
18) My existence in academia when I name drop.
15) When I was a psychologist and stopped people from killing or harming themselves or others.
16) When a psychiatrist does the same thing.
17) My existence in academia.
18) My existence in academia when I name drop.
(9/n)
19) That *tiny* secret that I did go to med school & was a cardiac surgeon in training (I’m the OR assisting) until my elderly dad got sick (with heart problems)-so I dropped out of the program to move back home to take care of him because that’s what Latinos do.
19) That *tiny* secret that I did go to med school & was a cardiac surgeon in training (I’m the OR assisting) until my elderly dad got sick (with heart problems)-so I dropped out of the program to move back home to take care of him because that’s what Latinos do.
(10/n)
20) The female nurse/aid/doctor/therapist/pharmacist/paramedic who will have to (& has had to) take care of this old misogynistic asshole, but will so in a complete professional manner because we’re better than he ever will be.
20) The female nurse/aid/doctor/therapist/pharmacist/paramedic who will have to (& has had to) take care of this old misogynistic asshole, but will so in a complete professional manner because we’re better than he ever will be.
(11/n)
21) The fact that articles like this are still being written, praised, & published.
22) No one ever addresses me as doctor even though I have a PHD IN DISEASES.
23) The existence of this thread that could literally go on for days (please feel free to add).
21) The fact that articles like this are still being written, praised, & published.
22) No one ever addresses me as doctor even though I have a PHD IN DISEASES.
23) The existence of this thread that could literally go on for days (please feel free to add).
(12/n)
24) The fact that all women with doctorates agree with me.
25) Women run (& teach those who follow) the healthcare system globally, mostly volunteer/unpaid/underpaid labor.
26) The word “mansplain”.
27) “Actually it’s Dr.”
28) Sexism.
24) The fact that all women with doctorates agree with me.
25) Women run (& teach those who follow) the healthcare system globally, mostly volunteer/unpaid/underpaid labor.
26) The word “mansplain”.
27) “Actually it’s Dr.”
28) Sexism.
(13/n)
Oh & also....women run the education system in the world, fuck you very much. Thank you @DrBiden. Shall we discuss your lack of qualifications now Mr. Epstein? I could go on forever but TBH I’m tired. Any others w/ “grievances” please take the baton from here.
Oh & also....women run the education system in the world, fuck you very much.
Thank you @DrBiden. Shall we discuss your lack of qualifications now Mr. Epstein? I could go on forever but TBH I’m tired. Any others w/ “grievances” please take the baton from here.
