Black History Month: Inspired by Black leaders and family members, Campbell looks to a career in medicine

医学博士Patricia E. Bath可能不是家喻户晓的名字，而是克里斯汀·坎贝尔（Kristen Campbell），她是一个鼓舞人心的英雄。

坎贝尔一生中戴着眼镜的坎贝尔（Campbell）正在圣安东尼奥（San Antonio）的Uthealth休斯顿公共卫生学院（Uthealth Houston Public Health）追求公共卫生硕士学位，并表示她一直很欣赏开创性的工作浴场对盲人和视力障碍的人来说确实是。

Bath, who died at the age of 77 in 2019, was an ophthalmologist and laser scientist known for inventing a laser treatment for cataracts called laserphaco. Campbell sees Bath as an example of how Black women have so often overcome the odds stacked against them to make incredible achievements.

While inventing new medical devices and techniques, Bath was also making history by breaking down barriers as the first woman ophthalmologist to be appointed to the faculty of the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, and the first woman to chair an ophthalmology residency program in the United States.

坎贝尔说，她受到了启发，不仅受到曾经是医疗先驱的黑人女医生的遗产，而且还受到她自己的母亲（家庭医生）的启发。

Following in the footsteps of her mother and other Black physicians in her life, Campbell plans to go onto medical school after finishing up her master’s in public health. Campbell believes her MPH will help her as a doctor to have more compassion and understanding for her patients, especially for communities of color.

“I believe every medical professional should have a public health background, just so they can understand that health is more than treating symptoms,” she said. “It’s really about preventing symptoms from even happening in the first place.”

坎贝尔说，知道黑人，尤其是黑人妇女在医学界的人数不足，促使她成为她认为到处都需要的黑人妇女所需要的那种医生。坎贝尔说，这是在她的一门本科课程中，她说，她不仅第一次完全理解了医疗保健中有色人种所面临的差异，而且她有能力反击这些问题。

坎贝尔说，她希望看到医疗保健专业人员采用更多的文化谦卑。

坎贝尔说：“这不仅是您学习和学习的东西，而且实际上将其融入您的生活中。”“您尝试每天了解人们，试图保持同情心，同情心，不是因为您被告知，而是因为这是您决定要走的旅程。

As for Campbell’s particular path in the world of medicine, she said she’s not sure yet what area she would like to focus on in medical school and beyond, but said she is passionate about understanding and improving the rates of maternal mortality,especially for Black women。

坎贝尔（Campbell）吸引了改变妇产科和妇科的未来，因为她从黑人妇女那里找到了灵感，这些黑人妇女不愿遭受苦难，但牺牲了该领域的进步，这是现代医学历史的受污染时刻。詹姆斯·西姆斯（James Sims）（1813-1883）发现了治愈后出现后并发症的治愈方法，他对手术进行了痛苦的手术a group of enslaved Black women，未经他们的同意，没有麻醉。坎贝尔说，现代历史学家和健康教育者一直在努力地关注这些妇女的牺牲，并提升她们的故事，称她们为“妇科母亲”。

坎贝尔（Campbell）有望在2024年春季以MPH毕业，并继续审查医学院继续接受教育。外围beplay

坎贝尔说：“我进入医学的目标是利用我的公共卫生背景来鼓励健康的行为，但也鼓励我的同事们真正考虑他们如何治疗患者。”