The Tomorrow List with Rusha Modi
Our national politics are crazy right now aren’t they? Haven’t they always been? It all seems like a Jenga game about to topple at any moment and the piece about to be removed by the media is sanity. If you’re like me, then we’re both fed up with the hype that passes for hope. Our response is the Tomorrow List with Rusha Modi. Beyond clickbait headlines and recycled left-right talking points are powerful unexplored ideas to level up our communities, country and planet. We traffic in solutions arbitrage: real policies and innovations that can expand the edge of what’s possible for our country. We are unafraid to take big swings at the hard policy and social questions confronting the US. Our guests will be a provocative mash-up of intellectuals, creative renegades, and leaders. Listen in and become more than just “cocktail party” smart. Set fire to the political status quo. Together, we can extend the half-life of hope one citizen, one story, one possibility at a time. And that’s not crazy at all.
The Tomorrow List with Rusha Modi
Ep. 18 - Minimizing Disparities for a Diverse Physician Workforce
In this episode, Rusha interviews Dr. Shenelle N. Wilson, M.D. She is a fellowship-trained urologist/urogynecologist and pelvic surgeon who specializes in urinary and sexual health issues in women and men. She also specializes in urologic care for patients with neurogenic bladder. Dr. Wilson sat down to discuss how physician diversity can improve patient care and reduce health disparities. They discuss how having a diverse physician workforce can lead to better patient care across all demographics, the importance of non-scientific knowledge in medical education, and the challenges that black and Latin physicians face in the healthcare field. This conversation is important because it touches on the topic of social determinants of health and how they play into the workforce and quality of care.
Key Highlights:
[00:01 - 03:24] - Opening segment
- Rusha introduces Dr. Shenelle N. Wilson
- Shenelle talks about the importance of diversity
- The disparities between black and brown patients’
[03:25 - 12:49] – Minimizing disparities for a diverse physician workforce
- Shenelle stresses about the importance of having a diverse physician workforce
- The disparity for treatment for an overactive bladder for black and latin person
- Health issues affect gainful employment
- Find out what’s your patient’s social situation
[12:50 - 18:46] – The importance to have more of the minority in the workforce
- Shenelle shares a story about being the only black doctor
- Increasing minority physicians breeds trust towards the communities
- Having conversations with your patients increases trust
- Shenelle discusses how we navigate the healthcare system as a minority
[18:47 - 27:13] – The need to speak up and overcome invalidation
- Shenelle tells us the importance of speaking our mind
- Dealing with invalidation when you’ve perceived to reach the top
- She shares how it was such a toxic system while she was training in her academic medicine
- Shenelle shares her long-term goal and start a urology residency school
[27:14 - 31:02] – Closing Segment
- Shenelle and Rusha discusses the unbridled enthusiasm of healthcare workers
- Shenelle explains the need of additional passion so that we can have a well-rounded life
- Find Dr. Shenelle at her website and urologyunbound.org
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Dr. Shenelle N. Wilson, M.D - "It's so important to have more minority physicians, because having us there, it will breed the extra trust when they know that, this is someone who comes from my community, who has that same generational knowledge, who also was affected by the way healthcare has been towards our communities,
Dr. Shenelle N. Wilson, M.D - "I think that all