Voluntourism:Rethinking the medical elective

This week we continue our conversation with  Professor and Author of  #TheGenderedBrain Gina Rippon. She is a leading neuroscientist who is challenging the orthodoxy on gender/sex differences in neuroimaging. We talk about gender/sex and education, Psychobabble and neuroeverything . Now is the time for #JustHealth. We have had a pandemic that has turned the world upside down but the inequalities which shape our world and healthcare started long before Covid- 19. Join Tinaye Mapako your host who is a medical student + writer +  trade unionist as he explores healthcare and social justice in a weekly interview podcast.

This week we speak to Professor Emeritus of Cognitive NeuroImaging and Author #TheGenderedBrain Gina Rippon. She is a leading neuroscientist who is challenging the orthodoxy on gender/sex differences in neuroimaging. We talk about the sexist history of neuroscience and  Mental health.  Now is the time for #JustHealth. We have had a pandemic that has turned the world upside down but the inequalities which shape our world and healthcare started long before Covid- 19. Join Tinaye Mapako your host who is a medical student + writer +  trade unionist as he explores healthcare and social justice in a weekly interview podcast.

Part 2 of our Deep dive into Medical electives. We talk about the long term harms of electives in low-income settings. I discuss more with writer and ex-voluntourist @PhilippaBiddle  and I'm joined by a UK med student who shares his own reflections on his time Volunteering in Tanzania. Now is the time for #JustHealth. We have had a pandemic that has turned the world upside down but the inequalities which shape our world and healthcare started long before Covid- 19. Join Tinaye Mapako your host who is a medical student + writer +  trade unionist as he explores healthcare and social justice in a weekly interview podcast.

Now is the time for #JustHealth. We have had a pandemic that has turned the world upside down but the inequalities which shape our world and healthcare started long before Covid- 19.  Join Tinaye Mapako your host who is a medical student + writer +  trade unionist as he explores healthcare and social justice in a weekly interview podcast. With Covid-19 many medical electives have had to be cancelled.So is it time we think about cancelling all elective in low-income settings? I discuss with writer and ex-voluntourist @PhilippaBiddle