Students' perceptions on race in medical education and healthcare.
Guan Hui Tricia LimZeluleko SibandaJoshua ErhaborSoham Bandyopadhyaynull nullPublished in: Perspectives on medical education (2021)
Major racial disparities continue to exist in our healthcare education, from the underrepresentation of ethnic minorities when teaching about clinical signs to health management in primary and secondary care. A multi-centre group of students discuss what needs to change in medical education to cultivate physicians who are better prepared to care for patients of all backgrounds. We argue that the accurate portrayal of race in medical education is a vital step towards educating medical students to consider alternative explanations to biology when considering health inequities.
Keyphrases
- medical education
- healthcare
- medical students
- end stage renal disease
- primary care
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- affordable care act
- chronic kidney disease
- public health
- health information
- peritoneal dialysis
- quality improvement
- high school
- palliative care
- prognostic factors
- high resolution
- climate change
- mass spectrometry
- patient reported outcomes
- african american
- health promotion