Great thread. Must read for all of us in #MedEd. I would add that we as faculty need to normalize talking about our own struggles, including the struggles many of us have had with living up to the idea of “perfection”, which is so pervasive in our medical culture.

1/ https://twitter.com/fullerenes/status/1272891822134657028

We also need to approach our learners needs with curiosity and humility, particularly when it comes to issues such as race, gender, sexuality, disability.

Something I’ve been guilty of is not setting clear expectations with my learners and then expecting them to just “know” 2/

what the expectations are. Especially for learners coming to a new hospital or a new speciality, what are “cultural norms” for us are often big unknowns for our learners.

I can’t emphasize enough that as Faculty we have a responsibility to not put the burden on learners to 3/

always be the ones speaking up on the face of injustices/discrimination. We must support them in that. We have to do the work. Don’t know whether you have someone’s pronouns right?Go do the work to figure it out.Don’t know how to pronounce someone’s name? Practice until you do
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We all have much to learn from one another and if we can frame these conversations through the lens of #NarrativeHumility and accept that what “wellness” looks like for one person may not be the same as what it looks like for the next, I think we can make progress. 5/

Debriefing is a huge part of safe space for any speciality, not just psychiatry. As Chair of @CASUpdate #Wellness committee one of my main goals is to normalize and provide resources for us to debrief after acute/challenging events. Currently we are expected to “just carry on”
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Anyway, I’ve written way more than I expected to! Which is a huge compliment to the author of the original thread - stimulates much reflection for me. Thank you! 6/6