Dichotomy time if you were depicted in a red/blue characters dynamic

No other colors you are getting SHOEHORNED into these boxes

hate how this 1) manages to make fun of Belgium without bothering to mention us 2) every single person in the notes knows this 3) it's true

No but I really do hate how anders being a healer, and essentially the only healer the dark town people have access to, is almost never mentioned again after some point.

Like Anders might be the ONLY character who's actively doing something for the impoverish citizens of Kirkwall, to the point where the ferelden refugees are willing to kill to keep him safe because they cannot afford to loose their only healer.

and the game never talks about it too much because it's gonna make him too sympathetic and this is the "god forbid you agree or feel sympathetic with anders, he's a terrorist and therefore, a monster" game

"Growing up, Mackenzee Thompson always wanted a deeper connection with her tribe and culture.

The 26-year-old member of the Choctaw Nation said she grew up outside of her tribe’s reservation and wasn’t sure what her place within the Indigenous community would be.

Through a first-of-its-kind program, Thompson said she’s now figured out how she can best serve her people — as a doctor.

Thompson is graduating as part of the inaugural class from Oklahoma State University’s College of Osteopathic Medicine at the Cherokee Nation. It’s the first physician training program on a Native American reservation and in affiliation with a tribal government, according to school and tribal officials.

“I couldn’t even have dreamed this up,” she said. “To be able to serve my people and learn more about my culture is so exciting. I have learned so much already.”

Thompson is one of nine Native graduates, who make up more than 20 percent of the class of 46 students, said Dr. Natasha Bray, the school’s dean. There are an additional 15 Native students graduating from the school’s Tulsa campus.

The OSU-COM graduates include students from 14 different tribes, including Cherokee, Choctaw, Muscogee, Seminole, Chickasaw, Alaska Native, Caddo, and Osage.

Bray said OSU partnered with the Cherokee Nation to open the school in 2020 to help erase the shortage of Indigenous doctors nationwide. There are about 841,000 active physicians practicing in the United States. Of those, nearly 2,500 — or 0.3 percent — are Native American, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges.

When American Indian and Alaska Native people visit Indian Health Service clinics, there aren’t enough doctors or nurses to provide “quality and timely health care,” according to a 2018 report from the Government Accountability Office. On average, a quarter of IHS provider positions — from physicians to nurses and other care positions –are vacant.

“These students here are going to make a generational impact,” Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. told the students days before graduation. “There is such a need in this state and in this region for physicians and this school was created out of a concern about the pipeline of doctors into our health system.”

The Cherokee Nation spent $40 million to build the college in its capital of Tahlequah. The walls of the campus feature artifacts of Cherokee culture as well as paintings to remember important figures from Cherokee history. An oath of commitment on the wall is written in both English and Cherokee.

The physician training program was launched in the first year of the pandemic.

Bray said OSU and Cherokee leadership felt it was important to have the school in the heart of the Cherokee Nation, home to more than 141,000 people, because students would be able to get experience treating Indigenous patients. In Tahlequah, students live and study in a small town about an hour east of Tulsa with a population of less than 24,000 people.

“While many students learn about the problems facing these rural communities,” Bray said. “Our students are getting to see them firsthand and learn from those experiences.”

While students from the college are free to choose where to complete their residency after graduation, an emphasis is placed on serving rural and Indigenous areas of the country.

There’s also a severe lack of physicians in rural America, a shortage that existed before the COVID-19 pandemic. The Association of American Medical Colleges has projected that rural counties could see a shortage between 37,800 and 124,000 physicians by 2034. An additional 180,000 doctors would be needed in rural counties and other underserved populations to make up the difference.

Bray said OSU saw an opportunity to not only help correct the underrepresentation of Native physicians but also fill a workforce need to help serve and improve health care outcomes in rural populations.

“We knew we’d need to identify students who had a desire to serve these communities and also stay in these communities,” she said.

Osteopathic doctors, or DOs, have the same qualifications and training as allopathic doctors, or MDs, but the two types of doctors attend different schools. While MDs learn from traditional programs, DOs take on additional training at osteopathic schools that focus on holistic medicine, like how to reduce patient discomfort by physically manipulating muscles and bones. DOs are more likely to work in primary care and rural areas to help combat the health care shortages in those areas.

As part of the curriculum, the school invited Native elders and healers to help teach students about Indigenous science and practices...

Thompson said she was able to bring those experiences into her appointments. Instead of asking only standard doctor questions, she’s been getting curious and asking about her patient’s diets, and if they are taking any natural remedies.

“It’s our mission to be as culturally competent as we can,” she said. “Learning this is making me not only a better doctor but helping patients trust me more.”

-via PBS NewsHour, May 23, 2024

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mag 50 - 'foundations' / mag 40 - 'human remains' / mag 119 - 'stranger and stranger' x 'christmas eve forever' - k.c cramm

REALLY BELATED ANDERS WEEK BUT AWAKENING THEMED DRAWING.... i know there's a banter with anders with someone about the funny lightning hands

iconic!

this is the plot to mama mia

its the fact that davrin is literally like The fan favorite romance archetype that drives me insane

and no one's usual convenient excuses even work here and they KNOW IT is the INSANE thing.

you can't use the stupid "oh i just didn't like his voice acting it was so amateur" people did with preston garvey like davrin's voiced javik mass effect (MOST VOCALLY PRAISED VOICE WORK IN THE GAME!)

you can't use the "oh his writing is just so boring" people did with jacob taylor this is the same writer behind garrus vakarian (MOST VOCALLY PRAISED ROMANCE IN THE GAME!)

you can't use "oh he's just so underutilized compared to everyone else" people did with wyll ravengard HE'S LITERALLY ONE OF THE THREE COMPANIONS THIS ENTIRE GAME'S PLOT HINGES ON.

you cant be saying this shit and then move on to lucanis (most vocally criticized underwritten romance in the game) or emmrich (most vocally criticized unimportant companion in the game) like it just doesnt work! there is a reason you didnt even consider this man and you know it you're just too insecure to even allow the thought into your brain!

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