Who gets to heal? | Rene Roberts | TEDxSarasota

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After being rejected from medical school 50 times, Dr. Rene Roberts became the very doctor the system said she couldn’t be — and that experience became the foundation of her mission. In Who Gets to Heal?, she challenges the GPA- and test-driven admissions process that excludes the most compassionate, culturally connected healers society needs most. Because who gets to heal determines who gets healed. Dr. Rene Roberts is a Castle Connolly Top Doctor, board-certified Family Medicine physician, and keynote speaker on a mission to reform who gets to heal. Rejected 50 times from medical schools during the application process, Dr. Roberts knows what it means to be a "medical misfit." Rather than accepting defeat, she used rejection to fuel her advocacy for changing the rigid, test-score-driven admissions system that overlooks empathy, resilience, and lived experience. With nearly 14 years of clinical experience, Dr. Roberts currently serves underserved communities on Chicago’s south side an

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