A recent article on DOD’s DVIDS talks about an Army Captain at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center with four years of military service who is both the Chief Resident of her Psychiatry program and also presides as the chairperson of the “Graduate Medical Education Committee’s (GMEC) Sub-Committee on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)”.
Some insights into the CRT/DEI infiltration of the military medical world from the article:
The Importance of DEIA in Healthcare Education
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) are values increasingly recognized as crucial in various sectors, including healthcare education.
For Wright, these values are more than just popular buzzwords – they form the foundation of her work. She champions an inclusive approach in healthcare education to reduce bias, promote fair treatment, and ensure accessibility to all, regardless of their background.
A Revolution in Resident Education – The GMEC DEI Curriculum and Health Equity Rounds
Three years ago, under Wright’s leadership, the DEI committee successfully developed a five-module DEI curriculum for the hospital’s resident and fellow trainees.
This program is designed to familiarize them with core concepts of DEIA, thereby integrating these principles into their educational journey.
Also, Wright personally developed what she says is a “unique curriculum aimed at addressing healthcare bias and structural discrimination within the Internal Medicine Residency Program.”
The curriculum, “Health Equity Rounds”, analyzes real patient cases from the inpatient ward or clinics at Walter Reed, for provider bias or indications of structural discrimination.
A Grant to Create Impact on a Larger Scale
Underscoring the importance and success of her initiatives, Wright was recently awarded a $40,000 grant by the Academic Alliance for Internal Medicine.
This grant will support the consolidation and expansion of both the GMEC DEI Curriculum and the Health Equity Rounds Curriculum, applying them to military Internal Medicine Residency Programs across the nation in a one-year-long health equity project.
This noble initiative, if successful, “has the potential to significantly impact Military Treatment Facilities (MTFs) on a broader scale, addressing health disparities within military health services,” said Wright. . . . .
Source: Army Captain Veronica Wright: A Leader Working to Improve Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Military Health (DVIDS, 29 NOV 23)
Also see:
- Walter Reed Bethesda Focuses on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DVIDS, 2 AUG 21)
- Global Diversity Awareness Month: Walter Reed hospital celebrates diversity in health care (DVIDS, 31 OCT 22)
- Retired general talks diversity, equity, inclusion during WRNMMC’s fireside chat (DVIDS, 26 MAY 21)
- Diversity in Health Care Focus of Hispanic Heritage Month Observance (DVIDS, 23 SEP 22)
- U.S. Secretary of Transportation observes Pride Month at Walter Reed (DVIDS, 29 JUN 22)
- Walter Reed Bethesda Hosts LGBTQ Pride Month Observance (DVIDS, 5 JUN 19)
Recently seen at Ft Sam Houston pediatrics clinic (click to enlarge):
In case you can’t read it, the first line in the paragraph says: “Do you think your pediatrician should address your child’s experiences with racism during health visits? . . . .”
Dr. John Hughes, who graduated first in his 1996 West Point class, talks about what he saw in the medical world regarding “politically weaponized medicine” in his book, American Doctor, Coming Home to War.
From his website, AmericanDoctor.org:
“. . . . . Eventually, I came home to practice medicine as a civilian and it became very apparent that a cultural civil war was emerging. The COVID-19 pandemic ended centuries of freedom of speech and rational scientific thought and saw the dangerous rise of politically weaponized medicine.
I trace the COVID-19 timeline and challenge the official COVID-19 and DEI narratives of health leaders in the government and medical organizations.
Dialogues and meetings I had with leaders of several major medical organizations also expose how progressive ideologies are ruining science, medicine, public trust, and the nation’s health. . . .
. . . .Contemporary medical leaders are imposing their ideology on both physicians and patients using the paradigm CREATE-INDOCTRINATE-ENFORCE.
Military leaders are doing the same in our armed forces.
Using troublesome war stories and graphic combat photographs from the battlefield and the emergency room, I present this as a documentary and analysis of the state of the military and medicine as seen at my level.
My objective is to help train your eyes to identify how and what is happening, then to inspire you to do something about it.
These military and medical disasters should never be repeated. America is being destroyed by a cultural civil war.”
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