Practicing medicine as a Deaf physician is an uphill battle. COVID makes it worse.

March 11, 2020, my nightmare began. “Ready to switch?” asks my American Sign Language interpreter during an all-day virtual conference. Switching from speaker view to gallery view, I search for a different speaker’s interpreter among numerous attendees, pin her video, and switch back to speaker view. This interpreter updates me on what I missed duringRead more …Practicing medicine as a Deaf physician is an uphill battle. COVID makes it worse. originally appeared inKevinMD.com.

Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - November 2, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/carolyn-stern" rel="tag" > Carolyn Stern, MD < /a > < /span > Tags: Physician Source Type: blogs