A medical mythbuster's mission to improve health care | Joel Bervell

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🗓️ 15 October 2024

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Joel Bervell was one of the only Black students in his medical school program. After noticing how misconceptions about race were embedded in health care, he turned to social media to raise awareness about the harmful impact of biases in medicine. He unpacks the long history of race-based health care disparities — and shows what the medical field can do to better serve all patients.

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0:00.0	Ted Audio Collective.
0:02.0	Audio Collective.
0:04.0	You're listening to Ted Talks Daily,
0:11.0	where we bring you new ideas to spark your curiosity every day. to tell you
0:13.0	your curiosity every day. I'm your host, Elise Hugh.
0:16.1	Today's talk is from our brand new batch of 2024 Ted Fellows films,
0:21.8	adapted for podcasts just for our Ted Talks Daily listeners.
0:25.8	Ted's Fellowship supports a network of global innovators and we're so excited to share
0:30.5	their work with you. Today we'd love for you to meet Ted Fellow Joelle
0:34.7	Bervel. Joelle was one of the only black medical students in his program and
0:39.9	after noticing how misconceptions about race were embedded in health care,
0:44.6	he turned to social media as a medical mythbuster,
0:47.7	raising awareness about race-based biases and their harmful impacts.
0:51.5	He impacts how racism negatively affects our understanding of human health
0:56.0	and what the medical field can do to improve the system
1:00.0	to better serve patients.
1:02.0	After we hear from Joelle, stick around for his conversation with Ted Fellows program director
1:07.5	Lily James Olds.
1:09.3	All coming up after the break. And now our TED Talk of the day.
1:16.9	I think in the face of any adversity, communities of color have always found solutions.
1:21.5	I think for me social media is one of those places in
1:23.6	safe havens. Social media can be a positive change. It can inform masses about
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