Despite monumental and ongoing demographic shifts, inequality still marks post-graduate education, including medical education. Female college students have outnumbered males in the United States since the 1980s, but it wasn’t until 2019 that women represented the majority of incoming medical … Continue reading
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Microaggression and Medicine
Medicine and medical education are currently undergoing a period of transition around addressing and welcoming diversity and inclusion. To that end, the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) has developed a Diversity and Inclusion Toolkit with a website full of … Continue reading
Turning uncomfortable conversations into necessary conversations
Talking about race and racism can seem difficult, but it doesn’t have to be. Being open to conversations about race requires humility and acknowledgment that you are just now stepping into a one-sided conversation that has been happening for a … Continue reading
We’re here, but are you
listening?
Recent acknowledgement of America’s systemic racism and police violence, resulting protests and demonstrations, impact all of us, but disproportionately, they impact people of color. Continue reading