Trainees Making Change: Ending the eGFR Race Correction Well Rounded
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Isobel and Lauren talk to Naomi Nkinsi, a third year MD/MPH student at the University of Washington School of Medicine, about how the eGFR race-correction perpetuates racism and harm on a daily basis, and how she spearheaded a successful movement to end its use at her institution. They discuss systemic racism in medicine, the complexities of being a Black medical student advocate and how trainees do have the power to affect positive change.
Hosts: Isobel Rosenthal and Lauren Tronick
Guest: Naomi Nkinsi
Production: Lauren Tronick
Engineering: Tommy Bazarian
Theme Music by R.O. Shapiro and Micah Motenko
Isobel and Lauren talk to Naomi Nkinsi, a third year MD/MPH student at the University of Washington School of Medicine, about how the eGFR race-correction perpetuates racism and harm on a daily basis, and how she spearheaded a successful movement to end its use at her institution. They discuss systemic racism in medicine, the complexities of being a Black medical student advocate and how trainees do have the power to affect positive change.
Hosts: Isobel Rosenthal and Lauren Tronick
Guest: Naomi Nkinsi
Production: Lauren Tronick
Engineering: Tommy Bazarian
Theme Music by R.O. Shapiro and Micah Motenko