Background Diversity and inclusion are terms that have been used widely in a variety of
contexts, but these concepts have only been intertwined into the discussion in healthcare in …

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 …

This is a defining moment for health and health care in the United States, and medical
schools and teaching hospitals have a critical role to play. The combined forces of health …

Today, most agree that the health care system in the United States is in need of reform and
that existing health disparities have huge implications for both that system and society as a …

As the demographics of the country continue to rapidly change and as the increasing
numbers of health disparities in underrepresented ethnic groups are identified, the future …

Newspaper headlines underscore the challenges that the health professions face in this
period of dramatic change in the American health care enterprise: critical shortages of …

The relative lack of diversity in medicine is a rate limiting factor in efforts to eliminate health
care disparities. Many medical schools struggle to matriculate student bodies that reflect the …

Diversifying the medical work force is critical to reducing health care disparity and improving
patient outcomes. This manuscript offers a comprehensive review of best practices to …

The health professional workforce of North Carolina does not reflect the rich diversity of the
state9s population, and the underrepresentation of various demographic groups in health …

Abstract The Medical University of South Carolina launched a systematic plan to infuse
diversity among its students, resident physicians, and faculty in 2002. The dean and …