Is this too controversial for MME?

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Hi, it's been suggested that I make a post about this by Catalystik from the AMCAS post. I was wondering if I could get any adcom insight on this?

Would it would be controversial to talk about Campus sexual assault support person for the most meaningful? I wanted to talk about links to patient centric care, something that i learned from survivor support, and want to put in a line about making sure that this does not mean taking away from due process or partiality, given the political climate? Like I don't want to be tossed as a "feminazi", but I also think this would be an interesting thing to talk about as it taught me a lot about legality, consent, responsible reporting and other things that have explicit links to medicine. Idk if im being paranoid, but also given the current political climate and the change in Title IX I don't know if this is likely to leave a sour taste in people's mouths, given that the bar on college campuses is lower than the "beyond reasonable doubt".

 

[ciestar]

If i were an adcom, id want to hear more about it. That said, advocacy is a huge interest of mine and this falls into that realm.

The only controversial stuff is the due process stuff. You don’t even need to mention it. Support groups/systems, reporting, the legal process FOR THE VICTIM (mention navigating the legal system and those sorts of things) and the like. Doesn’t need to be policitical if you don’t make it. Simply talk about what you do for these people and why it is meaningful and i see no problems with it.

 

[Moko]

Sexual assault crosses political boundaries. As @ciestar said, this will only be controversial if you make it so. Focus on what you did and learned, why you found your engagement in this activity meaningful, and how this would benefit your and others' practice in the future. Leave the nitty gritty legal stuff to the law school applicants.

 

[TelemarketingEnigma]

Through my ResLife job (as well as somewhat through another leadership position I held) I was on multiple occasions involved in handling/providing support in serious situations, including cases of sexual assault. While it wasn't the main subject of my responsibilities, I did use responding to sexual assault as an example in some secondaries and interviews, including schools and interviewers across the political spectrum. I actually even discussed some of the due process issues in a few interviews (including with a military interviewer) where I was accepted. The key, as others have said, is treading lightly. Most physicians across all parts of the political spectrum have seen the trauma caused by sexual assault at some point in their careers, and so should recognize the value of providing meaningful support to people during some of the worst moments of their lives. You don't need to get into the details of the Title IX process or the political side of things.