Ntobeko Ntusi: valuing a culture of inclusivity and reciproc

Before our interview, Ntobeko Ntusi, Chair and Head of the Department of Medicine
at the University of Cape Town (UCT) and Groote Schuur Hospital, South Africa, had
been doing a bedside tutorial with students. He highlighted the different way they
had presented the Black and White patients. “I asked the students why it is important
to clarify the HIV status of Black patients when you present them when it has no bearing
on their clinical presentation. And you can see the dumbfounded faces because it's
not something they do consciously, but these biases are so in-built, even at this
young age”, he says.

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