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Medical Schools Embrace Efforts Post-Affirmative Action Decision

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The ruling sent medical schools across the nation scrambling to adjust admission standards to abide by the new law of the land. These barriers [to entry] manifest early, prior to even applying to medical school,” says Faiz. Roughly half of the UC Davis School of Medicine’s class of 2026 represent minoritized populations.

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New HBCU Medical College in NOLA Will Confront Medical Inequities

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They expect it will continue to boost the local economy, still recovering from Hurricane Katrina’s impact almost 20 years ago and will also allow for greater collaboration with other medical schools in the area, like Louisiana State University and Tulane University. This can be me.” Drew University of Medicine and Science.

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Study: Black Medical Students Experience Higher Rates of Attrition Than Peers

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A new study by Yale University finds that Black students are more likely to leave medical school than their white peers. student at Yale School of Medicine and lead author of the study, said when research and innovation are equitable, physicians are better equipped to care for diverse populations. Mytien Nguyen, an M.D.-Ph.D.

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Stanford’s REACH Initiative Advances Health Equity

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The impact will prepare more [underrepresented] and first-generation students for admission to medical schools across the country while sharing learnings and perspectives in a deepened relationship with our nation’s HBCUs [historically Black colleges and universities].” In 2022, 48 HBCU medical students were involved in the program.

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HBCUs Announce Creation of New Colleges

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PhD, who most recently served as associate dean for diversity, equity, and inclusion at Washington University in St. Xavier is the fifth historically black college or university to launch a medical school. The college will be led by Harvey R. Fields, Jr.,

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Navigating Microaggressions: A Call for DEI Education

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Within professional environments, microaggressions persist as a pervasive and often overlooked force, representing one of the most significant challenges to equity and inclusion. Unfortunately, experiences like these are all too common in healthcare today. Microaggressions are often rooted in unconscious or implicit bias.

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2022 INSIGHT Into Diversity Health Professions HEED Award Winners

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The Office for Diversity & Inclusion at A.T. Still University of Graduate Health Studies (ATSU) is a founding partner of the Academic Medicine Consortium of Arizona, a group of medical schools that collaborate to identify and nurture students toward academic medicine. Advancing DEI Principals — Medical College of Wisconsin.