Chirag/Royce Editorial, Goodman Article, Potters Response on Job Market 031121

[seper]

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RadOnc residency is a trap for under-represented populations, agree. Maybe that’s why they want CHEDI to step in 🙂

 

[yesmaster]

At some point, a qualification for some academic physicians started to include progressive values and particularly bureaucratic methods for implementing those values. So, obviously you can't believe in racial and gender equality unless you also believe in single payer healthcare, high taxes, big government, blanket student loan forgiveness, open borders, defunding the police, etc.

 

[StIGMA]

For example, on a recent dosimetry CME podcast run by Dr. Karen Winkfield, she said (and I won't have the exact wording right here, but I'm pretty close) "doctors who have a negative view of socialism generally tend to have not very diverse staffs."

Aren't socialist countries exceedingly homogenous (like russia, china, cuba, vietnam etc)?

You'd think we would put leaders in charge who care about advancing cancer research, excellent patient care, health of the specialty etc. But we get incapable people who push irrelevant agendas, like pushing for more socialism in medicine.

My first major career wakeup call was about 7 years ago. Hiring new faculty for department. Remarked to dept chair that it's great to have so many excellent women candidates interview for the position (zero men). Answer was they were not hiring men.

 

[StIGMA]

Woke leadership philosophy 101, represented in this clip by Lisa Simpson (circa 1997)

 

[temujim]

Aren't socialist countries exceedingly homogenous (like russia, china, cuba, vietnam etc)?

You'd think we would put leaders in charge who care about advancing cancer research, excellent patient care, health of the specialty etc. But we get incapable people who push irrelevant agendas, like pushing for more socialism in medicine.

My first major career wakeup call was about 7 years ago. Hiring new faculty for department. Remarked to dept chair that it's great to have so many excellent women candidates interview for the position (zero men). Answer was they were not hiring men.

Have heard the exact same thing (and worse) from people involved in hiring faculty and selecting residents.

 

[fiji128]

It wasn’t my intention to turn this into a woke pissing contest but whatever. The market, ie the number of US MD applicants will speak for themselves. I’ve noticed the chatter on spread sheet is essential non existent. That can’t bode well for applicant numbers this cycle.

 

[dieABRdie]

Have heard the exact same thing (and worse) from people involved in hiring faculty and selecting residents.

Being excluded from Radiation Oncology residency is just another manifestation of white male privilege.

 

[medgator]

Oh my God, from the Potters editorial:

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"RadOnc used to be too competitive for women and minorities" - Louis Potters, MD, FASTRO, FACR

 

[medgator]

Not sure how i missed this, but good read

DEFINE_ME

 

[elementaryschooleconomics]

While we're at it, let's reinforce this paper as well:

 

[TheWallnerus]

While we're at it, let's reinforce this paper as well:

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What do you do when the net reimbursement per rad onc keeps going down?

Well if you’re a rad onc, you make more (and more) rad oncs obviously