Dr Khyarne Biles: COVID-19 and Emergency medicine in the pandemic

Mikayla talks to Dr Khyarne Biles, an Emergency Trainee from Dubbo. They discuss the ‘average day’ in Emergency, COVID-19 and social media, and a recent paper that was published by Dr Biles in Emergency Medicine Australasia to shine a light on the impacts of racism and bias in the emergency department.

When she's working in emergency, Dr Khyarne Biles doesnt know where a day will start or end, it's so unpredictable.

She talks to Dr Mikayla Couch about working in Dubbo on the frontline of the COVID-19 crisis, how Aboriginal people experience racism in the healthcare system, and her experiences of walking in two worlds.

Dr Khyarne Biles' article mentioned in this episode:

'Racism: The age-old elephant we need to start acknowledging in every room', Emergency Medicine Australasia.

The first season of BLA.C.K. Medicine was produced independently of SBS, made by Dr Mikayla Couch in association with Peer 1 Health.