Here is what our member Dr Sarah Beable had to say about #breakhebias #IWD2022

Dr Rachelle Love, shares her perspective on how to #breakthebias this #IWD2022 "Every time you are asked to lead something, think about voices being represented. Actively making room for women, and for marginalised colleagues, is shown to increase the quality of your outcomes."

Tonight's the night, squee! After 7 months waiting, @emmawehipeihana is talking to Stacey Morrison in an Auckland Women's Centre #IWD event. I have decided to live-tweet - stand-by for typos from 7pm

Shoutout to the boss Dr Eric Levi for his inspirational work in this area. Mauriora, whānau

Kids can feel more confident with procedures, like the RAT test, when they can have some control over the process

Dr Rachelle Love puts so eloquently the proposed RACS name change. Who are we and what do we represent? For the individual the impact is likely small but collectively this is a move to be more progressive and inclusive. Time for a name change? omny.fm/shows/racs-pos…

In a study was carried out in the Ul (bristol) after Black and brown parents complained about their childrens grades. They introduced a “blind element” meaning the examiner did not know the race of the students they were grading, and the teacher assessments were done face to face

Literally me “hey, free for a chat? Promise it’ll be only five minutes”. Sounds suspiciously like me to the Anaesthetist “I’m five minutes from closing” 😬😇

We actually already held a bit of a referendum on whether to have co-governance. It was in 1840 and a whole bunch of us signed up through our 540ish representatives. Still waiting on it though…

setting a boundary is like establishing a pou whenua, you're saying this is my territory and this is the tikanga in this territory

1/ When Don Brash challenged Māori social justice admissions to university in ?2003, as Māori medical students, we felt the backlash. The Foreshore and Seabed raruraru was also in the foreground. Racism ramped up and we felt vulnerable. Moana Jackson came to talk to us

Want to engage in Indigenous research? Don’t dial-a-Māori 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽Do this instead……ask what you can do to make space for Indigenous researchers in your space, build relationships, pay for consultation services. Still cracking up about dial-a-Māori though 🤣

Generation X is weird. These 42-57 year-olds are so strange it presents golden opportunities. Here are 10 mind hacks to use with Gen X:

We are on the look out for a new member of our team! This role will deliver to communities across the wider Auckland region and will concentrate of addressing gambling related harm for Māori. If this sounds like you, please send your CV & Cover letter to [email protected] today!

And wāhine toa, Dr Amiria Lynch Paediatric Surgeon, Dr Catherine Banks ENT Surgeon, Dr Alison Scott Paediatric Surgeon, Dr Andrea Cross General Surgeon, Dr Lisa Brown General Surgeon. Maxine Ronald and I are currently just *noisiest* 🤭📣📢🗣

My co-convenor A/Prof Rhea Liang and I with our guest speaker Prof @drcwatego from the Institute for Collaborative Race Research. I can’t tell how proud I am to have helped curate an amazing program emphasis the importance of race as a determinant of health and surgery. #RACS22 Kelvin Kong AM RACSurgeons

Fabulous Doctor NOS heading out on her own path, en route to Harvard. NZ Women in Medicine Conference, Te Papa

Loved this resource shared by Dr Rachelle Love at her presentation today on equity and surgery. indigenousx.com.au/10-things-you-…

11/ It’s the start of a new academic year. Which means new residents and new fellows and new attendings. And some of the best advice I have to give is to have the courage to admit to uncertainty. Because it’s not patient-centered to front like you know everything. Nope.