Sex and race visual representation in emergency medicine textbooks and the hidden curriculum.

Annahieta Kalantari Al'ai AlvarezNicole BattaglioliArlene S Chung Robert R CooneySusan J BoehmerAlbert NwabuezeMicheal Gottlieb

Published in: AEM education and training (2022)

There is a male sex and White race predominance in visual representation among two EM textbooks. We propose a call to action for the mindful selection of images in formal education to represent diversity, equity, and inclusion and close the gap between the formal and hidden curriculum.

Keyphrases

emergency medicine
quality improvement
healthcare
deep learning
convolutional neural network
optical coherence tomography
neural network
medical education
global health