DEI a threat to medical profession

 National Review:

Across the country, doctors and nurses have been bullied into demonstrating their loyalty to diversity, equity, and inclusion to preserve their careers and reputations — and have been punished when they refused to do so.

Laura Morgan, a registered nurse with 40 years of experience, faced a dilemma between protecting her job and challenging the narrative that she is inherently biased against patients of other races.

In September 2021, Morgan’s employer, the Dallas-based Baylor Scott & White Health health care system, assigned its staff a mandatory training that included a module on “overcoming unconscious bias.” After raising concerns about the training with superiors, Morgan was told there’d be no exceptions to the requirement. She received notice that failure to complete the course could result in disciplinary action including termination.

The module ended with five ideologically charged questions, which “you had to answer in an affirmative way,” Morgan told National Review.

The last read: “Are you willing to challenge your biases in the moment of decision making so you don’t unintentionally treat someone unfairly?”

Morgan said the training materials assumed that doctors and nurses harbored biases based on their patients’ race, gender, weight, religion, and age, citing dubious studies from left-leaning sources like the American Academy of Medical Colleges and Harvard Business Review to substantiate the charge.

“Patients don’t want you to address your biases in the moment of decision making. They want you to address their medical problems,” she said.

On the day of the deadline for the course, Morgan was released for the weekend and given one last chance to complete it by Monday. After she refused, she was subsequently fired by her hospital. Morgan has since joined forces with the nonprofit Do No Harm, which fights against the progressive capture of the medical field.
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DEI is a raced based program and this is another example of how it is a threat to patience in the medical profession as well as a threat in other professions.  I prefer to use health care providers in a merit-based system regardless of the race of the provider.