While much progress has been made to diversify the medical workforce in regard to gender,
there is a long way to go with regard to race and ethnicity. The author emphasizes that …

AMerIcAN MeDIcAL ASSOcIAtION APOLOGIZeS segregated ward of 30 beds assigned to
Negro patients. In 1963, Charlotte Memorial Hospital admitted its first African-American …

groups tend to seek out physicians of their own race if given a choice. 2 As a black medical
student, I can attest that the sort of “diversity” that you can see—that allows you to be …

We would like to thank the numerous physicians, medical and public health school faculty,
medical students, diversity advocates, community benefits and health law experts and …

There is compelling evidence for the need to increase diversity within the physician
workforce to ensure high-quality medical education, access to health care for the …

ABSTRACT The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) is the nation's largest
philanthropy devoted to health. The foundation long has been concerned about increasing …

Five years ago, in a previous Academic Medicine Commentary, the author asserted that the
move toward health reform and a more equitable health system required a transformation of …

Diversity initiatives in US medical education, following the passage of the Civil Rights Act of
1964, were geared toward increasing the representation of African Americans—blacks born …

African Americans, Latinos, and Native Americans are underrepresented in all the health
professions in the United States. In the past decade, educational organizations in the health …

Increasing the racial and ethnic diversity of the health care workforce is essential for the
adequate provision of culturally competent care to our nation's burgeoning minority …