Unlike the rest : A Doctor's story / Chika Stacy Oriuwa, MD.

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Oriuwa, Chika Stacy [author]

Material type: Text

TextDescription: 306 pages ; 24 cmISBN:

9781443466264

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DDC classification:

610.92 ORI

Summary: 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.

List(s) this item appears in: Dorcas April 2026 | Lucas July

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Acquisition, Cataloguing, Classification and Distribution Development	610.92 ORI (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		B231149
Books	Information Access	610.92 ORI (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		B231775

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.

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Unlike the rest : A Doctor's story / Chika Stacy Oriuwa, MD.