Meagan T Tran, Desireé Brionne Dillard, Rewan M Abdelwahab, Isra Abdulwadood, Sarah Y Wu, Olufunmilola Adeleye, Mira M Shoukry, Nadine H Alamy, Audrey M Elegbede, Mira T Keddis, Elizabeth M Valencia, Sarah J Atunah-Jay
PROBLEM: In the United States, physician bias is exhibited early in medical training and contributes to systemic inequities within the field of medicine. A lack of diversity, equity, inclusion, and antiracism (DEI-AR) content within medical curricula drives critical gaps in knowledge and deficiencies when preparing medical students to serve patients of diverse backgrounds. At the Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine (MCASOM), student-led curricular reviews between 2017 to 2018 and 2020 to 2021 revealed opportunities to improve DEI-AR content within preclinical courses...
April 12, 2024: Academic Medicine