42 ways to advance racial equity in academic medicine

KevinMD September 19, 2020
Sylk Sotto, EdD, MPS, MBA, Jada Bussey-Jones, MD, Inginia Genao, MD, Maria Maldonado, MD, Kimberly D. Manning, MD, and Francisco A. Moreno, MD

Academic medicine generally encompasses a tripartite mission of research discovery, clinical innovation, and the next generation of physicians and scientists’ education.

It is the ethics and social justice principles, practices, policies, and innovation that advance research and education in the health sciences, ultimately improving the health and well-being of all.

This is its socially responsible mission. Yet, it seems chief diversity officers, equity practitioners, and scholars everywhere have been lifting even heavier weights within our institutions in recent times. The progress in equity, diversity, inclusion, and justice (EDIJ) within our campus environments has been hard to celebrate while we continue witnessing an overt display of systemic racism and structural violence.

Systemic racism that has been seen throughout the experiences of...

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