Neurosurgeon Idara Edem, Meds카지노 게임 컬렉션™13, has always been obsessed with the complex nature of the brain. In high school, she knew she wanted a career that involved studying one of the body카지노 게임 컬렉션™s most mysterious organs.
카지노 게임 컬렉션śIt influences our lives in so many ways. It controls everything but we know so little about it,카지노 게임 컬렉션ť says Dr. Edem. 카지노 게임 컬렉션śOnce I decided (studying the brain) was something I wanted, I wasn카지노 게임 컬렉션™t going to let any barriers affect me. You are always going to have people who think you can카지노 게임 컬렉션™t do something regardless of how good your grades are or what your interests are.카지노 게임 컬렉션ť
Today, Dr. Edem, who emigrated from Nigeria when she was 13 years old, has overcome many barriers to (maybe) make medical history. She might be Canada카지노 게임 컬렉션™s first Black female neurosurgeon.
She can카지노 게임 컬렉션™t say it with 100 per cent certainty, but research seems to back it up. Her sister, Faith, contacted some Canadian medical and neuroscience organizations who said they were unaware of other Black female Canadian neurosurgeons but couldn카지노 게임 컬렉션™t officially confirm it because they don카지노 게임 컬렉션™t keep track of racial data of neurosurgeons.
Being a female neurosurgeon in Canada 카지노 게임 컬렉션“ let alone Black 카지노 게임 컬렉션“ is rare. According to a , there were 333 practicing neurosurgeons in Canada and only 36 were women. The first Black female neurosurgeon in the United States was , who started practicing medicine in 1981. Dr. Edem has had colleagues who have been working since the 1980s and none of them can recall a Black female neurosurgeon in Canada.
Dr. Edem has a mix of emotions about her (probable) historic achievement. She believes in being a role model and hopes her story will inspire other Black Canadians and women to become doctors and surgeons. But being the first also makes her a little sad.
카지노 게임 컬렉션śThe more important question is why am I the first?카지노 게임 컬렉션ť says Dr. Edem. 카지노 게임 컬렉션śWhat are the structural barriers and systemic issues that have prevented others over the years from making this a goal?카지노 게임 컬렉션ť
She points to various systematic social and financial barriers to medical education that happen even before applying to medical school. For example, many Black youth grow up having rarely been treated or mentored by a Black doctor. The lack of representation means many don카지노 게임 컬렉션™t look at medicine as a feasible career, so they pick other fields to study when they reach university.
카지노 게임 컬렉션śMentorship and sponsorship are key at this time. Due to a lack of representation and support, many Black learners don't even get to the stage of applying for medical school,카지노 게임 컬렉션ť says Dr. Edem, who was one of only three Black students in her medical class.
She hopes more Black and female Canadians join her on the front lines of health care. She is trying to encourage others by giving talks to groups such as the and mentoring colleagues who need help navigating the unique challenges of being a Black and/or female surgeon.
카지노 게임 컬렉션śTwenty years down the line, I want to make sure neurosurgeons look more like the patient populations they represent 카지노 게임 컬렉션“ more diverse and more multicultural,카지노 게임 컬렉션ť says Dr. Edem, who is now practicing in Michigan but hopes to return to practice in Canada soon.
