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Starting in 5 MINUTES! When the literature betrays the patient: Exploring systematic reviews through the lens of “race correction” w/ @tsvia_soura @NavPersaud and LLana James, in partnership with @UnityHealthTO @MAP_Health @OslerHealth @UHN @UHN_Research #EndRaceCorrection

ONE MORE WEEK until - When the literature betrays the patient: Exploring systematic reviews through the lens of “race correction” - presented in partnership with LKSKI @UnityHealthTO @OslerHealth @UHN @UHN_Research Register at - tinyurl.com/cucerch7 #EndRaceCorrection

Join us on Thursday June 13, 12:00pm - 1:30pm for -When the literature betrays the patient: Exploring systematic reviews through the lens of “race correction”, presented in partnership with @UnityHealthTO @OslerHealth @UHN #EndRaceCorrection Register - tinyurl.com/cucerch7

Join us tomorrow at 12:00 Noon

Join us in Saint-Foy, Floor 1 of the Hilton for a workshop about ending race correction in healthcare. #ICAM2023 @SaleemRazack @blackdocscanada @blkpublichealth @rede4blacklives @EndRC2022

We can end race correction in health care in Canada. The Canada-US Coalition to End Race Correction is leading a safe, systematic process to get this done. To sign up for more information: endracecorrection.com #endracecorrection

Race correction violates the patient's fundamental right to informed consent. No Black person would consent to receive a lesser level of care. But that’s what race correction delivers. endracecorrection.com/content/files/… #endracecorrection

Presenters are sharing real time examples of "race corrections" to kidney and lung function tests for Black people. This is happening right here and right now. #endracecorrection

"Race correction" happens across Canada's health care system. The consequences are devastating for Black people and communities. But many health care providers resist the fact that it happens in their clinic or hospital, or to their patients. #endracecorrection

This talk is starting now: “We don’t do race correction here: Using labs, EMRs and diagnostic devices to demonstrate that yes, we do." streamyard.com/watch/pttAWx6t… #endracecorrection

Thank you for attending our talk today. For more information, please visit the resources page on our website & read our primer: endracecorrection.com/resources/ #EndRaceMedicine #EndRaceCorrection

Ending Race Correction must involve all conceivable clinicians, students, researchers, & staff who participate in the medical field. We invite all who are passionate about these efforts to reach out. Visit endracecorrection.com for more information and resources.

Thank you to @LundyBraun , @Dr_ChrisSimpson and Dr Kim Connelly for speaking out and sharing your knowledge today!!

Dr Braun concludes that this history illustrates that the questions we ask and the evidence we use are all shaped by social and highly racialized contexts both locally and globally. #EndRaceCorrection

Dr Braun emphasizes the importance of context when we engage in questioning race corrections. This lack of contextualizing spirometry and race corrections reflects an absence of deep questioning. - Dr Braun #EndRaceCorrection

Historically, blackness was assumed to reflect deep biological difference, and well into the 20th century we see a continued lack of questioning concerning race corrections and the supposed innate biological difference. - Dr Braun #EndRaceCorrection

Here, Dr Braun asks us to question whether this history is a thing of the past or if it lives on in current practices like race correction. #EndRaceCorrection

Importantly, this notion of racial difference came to science in the 20th century. This early history is shaped by the US history of slavery and white supremcy. #EndRaceCorrection

The early history or race in pulmonary function has and continues to live on in medicine. The idea of innate difference in lung capacity between Black and white people has circulated widely. - @LundyBraun #EndRaceCorrection

Most of the scientific justification for this difference in lung function among races were flawed. Much of the scientific evidence failed to account for other important factors (e.g. age) that could influence lung capacity. - @LundyBraun

These racist notions promoted by Cartwright were contested, for example some argued that the difference in lung function among populations were not innate but rather due to other factors like the environment. #EndRaceCorrection

Dr Braun discusses the history of the interest in lung function and the spirometer. As Dr Braun notes, figures like pro-slave scientist Samuel Cartwright attempted to quantify a difference in lung capacity between Black and white people. - @LundyBraun #EndRaceCorrection