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A dermatologist friend of mine trained in a virtually all-white area and then got a job in a place that wasn't. Apparently it was a significant adjustment carin
by idiot900 5y ago
A dermatologist friend of mine trained in a virtually all-white area and then got a job in a place that wasn't. Apparently it was a significant adjustment caring for patients with darker skin.
- dhosek 5y agoThere's also a false belief, common among doctors and other medical professionals, that darker skin is thicker/tougher. (to be 100% clear, it only differs from lighter skin in pigment and no other characteristics).
- leet_coder_boi 5y agoI can't believe there are people that don't understand: the science gods have shown us the conclusive research! The only genomic difference between ethnicities is melanin!
- rexer 5y agoYour comment and the one you replied to don't make sense to me. How can skin only differ in pigment, but it also require additional training to care for skin of different color?
- manicdee 5y agoBecause it is a different colour, meaning that all the training you received learning focussed on different shades of pink no longer applies. Darker skin means the symptoms you are looking for are lower contrast and a different colour. It’s a simple case of repeating all that training against different skin colours. It’s often difficult for someone trained exclusively with pale skin to recognise something as obvious as sunburn on darker skin, for example.
- xnx 5y agoI'm guessing that identification of different skin conditions on skin of much higher pigmentation that what a dermatologist has been trained on is an obstacle.