Background: Racism is a public health crisis impacting patients and healthcare workers. Antiracist education is not typical in undergraduate or graduate medical education curriculum. Discriminatory practices in health care result in worse patient outcomes in Black, Indigenous, & People of Color (BIPOC). Committing to antiracist work is the first step in addressing racism and must […]

Background: Under-representation of women and people of color (POC) in leadership positions has recently gained significant attention, and there are ongoing efforts to enhance their recruitment and advancement. The same intensity of work must be applied to also improve their workplace experiences. Discrimination, bias, and microaggressions are common day-to-day experiences among both POC and women […]

Background: Building a diverse hospitalist workforce is of paramount importance as a growing number of studies demonstrate the value of diverse teams on patient care (reference 1). A 2019 Association of American Medical Colleges report on race/ethnicity data of full-time academic medicine faculty showed that 3.6% self-identified as Black or African American, and 5.5% self-identified […]

Background: The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) established a core competency that requires residents to demonstrate respect and responsiveness to diverse patient populations (1). While the importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in graduate medical education (GME) is recognized, establishing an effective curriculum to address these issues is challenging. In pre-survey data […]

Background: Racism is a public health crisis impacting patients and healthcare workers. Antiracist education is not typical in undergraduate or graduate medical education curriculum. Discriminatory practices in health care result in worse patient outcomes in Black, Indigenous, & People of Color (BIPOC). Committing to antiracist work is the first step in addressing racism and must […]