The authors reflect on the challenge posed by diversity in medical education. They cite
several articles that cite ways to address the issue, including one on the importance of …

Objectives: The harmful effects of race and gender biases of doctors who may be unaware of
their negative attitudes exacerbates the problem of differential morbidity and mortality …

The barriers facing those who promote diversity in medical education are growing higher,
but the need for diversity is greater than ever. One of the best, most direct ways to attain …

At the AAMC's 2001 annual meeting, Lee Bollinger, then president of the University of
Michigan, presented the Herbert W. Nickens Memorial Lecture. President Bollinger used the …

Purpose To assess students' perceptions of the extent of diversity in their classes, the role of
diversity in their first-year curriculum, and their predictions of the amount of diversity in their …

This article offers a cautionary note on approaching diversity education from a non-critical
perspective. Diversity in education was often treated as incidental rather than being …

In last month's editorial, I noted that medical schools face a major challenge in designing
educational experiences to help their students learn how to develop effective relationships …

In a multicultural and diverse society with vast health disparities, facing rapid socio-
economic and demographic change both in the community and within the medical …

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 …

Significant sociodemographic changes, prompted largely by the rapid rise in global
migration, have stimulated greater attention to diversity. This chapter addresses culture and …