The Cultural Nuances of Communication

It’s amazing some of the insights you can get from Twitter. This is especially true when someone puts together a series of tweets (most people call them a tweetstorm) that shares a story or insights on a specific topic. Today, I gained some new insight into the cultural nuances of communication in this Twitter thread: Why we need more black men in medicine. I had a patient this week who came in with left leg weakness over the last week. Younger black guy in his 30s. Brain MRI clearly indicates multiple sclerosis. So we all go in during morning rounds to give my man his diagnosis. He has a bit of blank stare as he listens to my attending try to explain what he has. He was told earlier he mightve had a stroke, and now we’re telling him he doesnt have a stroke. But he’s clearly processing what he does have and just says “nah” to having any questions. So we’re running the patient list after rounding, and as we get to him my attending says somn like “idk if apathy is the word, seems like he doesnt care”. Laughs and so does the rest of the team. I’m sitting there like, this aint it. And yes, I was the only one. So after running the list, I don’t even stick around with the team. I go straight back to dude’s room and the code switch was automatic. “Look mane, I know all that was a lot. Did you really get what the doc was sayin?” Mans looked at me with a face of relief. Now I’m goin into detail on MS, ...
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