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Dr. Goldfarb is back, claiming that physicians aren& #39;t ready forr a pandemic because we are too busy learning about injustices that directly affect our patients& #39; health and outcomes (and have ESPECIALLY been apparent during this pandemic). #medtwitter 
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In this piece, Dr. Goldfarb creates another false dichotomy - claiming that because we learn about the social determinants of health and how injustices like racism affect health, we aren& #39;t learning science. WRONG. Medical school teaches science and understanding patient context.
I agree that we should learn more about how randomized controlled trials are conducted -- I actually did learn some of this in medical school. @VPrasadMDMPH has written about trimming out scientific minutiae to improve statistics training. #medtwitter
But Dr. Goldfarb gets a lot wrong and is giving an inaccurate view of medical education to the public - ventilator management is a difficult topic, something learned throughout medical school, residency, and for some, fellowship. #MedTwitter
Medical students won& #39;t be leading pandemic response -- they learn principles of epidemiology and physiology, but the actual planning happens at the higher level. For instance, Stanford had a pandemic response team ready to go. We were ready. #medtwitter
IN FACT, this pandemic has shown that injustices such as racism, homelessness, lack of access to medical care have contributed to poor #COVID19 outcomes. So, Dr. Goldfarb, we find that social determinants of health are incredibly important to pandemic response. #medtwitter
Also I will add that I love this thread by @londyloo. https://twitter.com/londyloo/status/1250077626842198016?s=20">https://twitter.com/londyloo/...
@EricTopol had a fantastic response to his last awful take. Looking forward to reading another take down.
