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Why Does This Medical Publisher Need To Know Your Race?
The publisher behind The Lancet, one of world’s most prestigious medical journals, wants to know the race and gender of all its peer reviewers. Do No Harm reviewed the details, which are deeply concerning. This beacon of medical scholarship is fixated on race, when it should be fully focused on…
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Wokeness Is Gaining a Toehold In Arkansas Medical Education
The Alice L. Walton School of Medicine (AWSOM) opened in 2021 with a degree program “that integrates conventional medicine with holistic principles and self-care practices.” Problem is, the school is also integrating wokeness into its recruiting and hiring processes. Prospective faculty members…
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This Is What Passes As “Continuous Knowledge” at the American Board of Family Medicine
The American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) offers Self-Assessment and Lifelong Learning in a number of topics that many physicians use to obtain and maintain their family medicine board certification. Individual modules in the “Knowledge Self-Assessment” section also provide continuous medical education (CME) credits to maintain…
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A Truly Disgusting Display in a Nursing Continuing Education Webinar
In November 2022, Dr. Stanley Goldfarb published Maternal Mortality in the U.S. – Media Narratives and Reality to explain the metrics and reporting systems used in the United States that contribute to maternal mortality rates that are higher than in other developed nations. But not all…
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These Civil Rights Violations Are Shocking – Even for the University of Washington
A federal civil rights complaint has been filed against the University of Washington School of Medicine (UW Medicine) for illegal discrimination and segregation with its Affinity and White Antiracism Groups. By offering this affinity group program, UW Medicine is violating Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and…
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The Governor’s Institute in North Carolina Pushes Wokeness Onto Addiction Medicine Professionals
The Governor’s Institute in Raleigh is a non-governmental organization founded by former North Carolina governor James Martin. It serves as a continuing medical education (CME) resource for healthcare professionals in the discipline of addiction medicine. One of those resources is a bi-annual…
Podcast
Episode Seven: The Healthcare System’s Two Paths
Dr. Stanley Goldfarb and Dr. Benita Cotton-Orr examine the two paths that our healthcare system can take as we move ahead to the future, including considerations for access and how improving access leads to better outcomes. …
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The AMA’s Woke Litmus Test for Future Physicians
The American Medical Association (AMA) promoted its January 28-29, 2023 “Physicians of the Future Summit” as an opportunity “to learn essential skills to become leaders in organized medicine.” So why did the summit help medical students “promot[e] equity”? The opening speaker of the plenary session was…
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In a DICE Inventory Clean Sweep, SUNY Downstate College of Medicine Scores a Perfect 100%
Just how woke is the State University of New York (SUNY) Downstate Health Sciences University College of Medicine (HSU COM)? The wokest of all, as it just confirmed to Do No Harm. Here’s the background. In November 2022, the Association of American Medical Colleges released a report showing that the…
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A New Study Exposes Flaws In the Dutch Research on Pediatric Gender Medicine
The Society for Evidence Based Gender Medicine (SEGM) recently announced the publication of a new study titled The Myth of Reliable Research in Pediatric Gender Medicine. This research examined two well-known Dutch studies that strongly influenced the practices that came to be…
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The Purdue University School of Nursing Shows its Woke Credentials
The Purdue College of Health and Human Sciences is home to several departments and schools dedicated to health professions, including the School of Nursing. And, as a tipster recently informed us, it is also home to a robust program that is dedicated to diversity, equity, and inclusion. In fact, DEI…
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Even Veterinarians Are Being Indoctrinated
Does Fluffy or Furball need a woke veterinarian? At Tennessee’s Lincoln Memorial University, the answer is apparently yes. A tipster recently sent us details about a faculty and staff workshop from its Richard A. Gillespie College of Veterinary Medicine. It shows that divisive and discriminatory ideology has infected this part…
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Utah Protects Vulnerable Children From Radical Gender Treatments
Three cheers for Utah: The Beehive State just protected children from radical transgender treatments. This common-sense policy is compassionate and evidence-based, and more states should take up this issue for the sake of vulnerable kids. Utah’s new law, authored by Sen. Mike Kennedy and Rep. Katy Hall, overwhelmingly passed the…
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Physician Guest Post: I Didn’t Take A Job – Because of Mandatory Woke Training
A North Carolina doctor reached out to us with this story – a story that should both worry fellow physicians and inspire them to action. We are keeping the doctor’s identity anonymous for the sake of the individual’s protection. One of the things I love about medicine is its…
Commentary
Woke Medical Schools Hate That US News Has Standards
Why are so many elite medical schools leaving the famous US News and World Report rankings? In recent weeks, the medical schools affiliated with Harvard, Pennsylvania, Stanford, Columbia, and many other prestigious institutions have taken this strange path. The reason is as simple as it is concerning: These schools are…
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The ACGME Wants Residency Program Directors to Prove Their DEI Credentials
The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) in a non-profit organization that “sets and monitors” educational standards in medical residency and fellowship programs. Accreditation is granted by ACGME’s Institutional Review Committee, which evaluates the data provided by the graduate medical education programs it oversees. One…
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IUSM Makes The Woke Bureaucracy Even Bigger
Medical school deans are supposed to focus on teaching students to be the best physicians. The Indiana University School of Medicine has a different vision. IUSM just named its first “first executive associate dean for diversity, equity, inclusion and justice,” who will also serve as “Chief…
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The KU School of Medicine and KU Medical Center is Being Investigated for Civil Rights Violations
In August 2022, we reported that the University of Kansas School of Medicine and KU Medical Center offered a racially discriminatory program through its Office of Diversity and Inclusion. The eligibility criteria for the Urban Scholars Program for Students Underrepresented in Medicine…
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