Podcast: Racism and Medical Education: Telling the Full Story [Video]

Season 2, Episode 2

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The history of medicine is filled with amazing scientific discoveries and remarkable innovation, but the profession is also haunted by a history of structural oppression and exclusionary practices that act as barriers for people of color. This history influences the policies, practices, and procedures that govern how physicians are trained in the United States today. In this episode of “Beyond the White Coat,” AAMC President and CEO David J. Skorton, MD, speaks with AAMC Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer David A. Acosta, MD, about the history of structural racism in U.S. medical education and how that history informs today’s learning environment.

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David A. Acosta, MD, AAMC chief diversity and inclusion officer, provides strategic vision and leadership for the AAMC’s diversity and inclusion activities across the medical education …