Unlike the rest : A Doctor's story /
Oriuwa, Chika Stacy
Unlike the rest : A Doctor's story / Chika Stacy Oriuwa, MD. - 306 pages ; 24 cm.
In this personal story of becoming, belonging and being seen, a psychiatry resident pulls back the curtain on the journey to becoming a doctor. From childhood, Chika Oriuwa dreamed of being a doctor. She knew that she was destined to wear the white coat one day, no matter what it took. The high of being accepted to the University of Toronto's Temerty Faculty of Medicine in 2016 came crashing down when Oriuwa discovered she was the only Black student in her incoming class of 259 students. Oriuwa soon learned that medical school and a medical career are not immune to the systemic discrimination that permeates the fabric of our world.
9781443466264
Medicine and health
Biography.
Personal Memoirs.
610.92 ORI
Unlike the rest : A Doctor's story / Chika Stacy Oriuwa, MD. - 306 pages ; 24 cm.
In this personal story of becoming, belonging and being seen, a psychiatry resident pulls back the curtain on the journey to becoming a doctor. From childhood, Chika Oriuwa dreamed of being a doctor. She knew that she was destined to wear the white coat one day, no matter what it took. The high of being accepted to the University of Toronto's Temerty Faculty of Medicine in 2016 came crashing down when Oriuwa discovered she was the only Black student in her incoming class of 259 students. Oriuwa soon learned that medical school and a medical career are not immune to the systemic discrimination that permeates the fabric of our world.
9781443466264
Medicine and health
Biography.
Personal Memoirs.
610.92 ORI