There is prolific evidence of a commitment to diversifying student and faculty populations in
academic medicine, but far less evidence of its effectiveness. The social justice …

Today, most agree that the health care system in the United States is in need of reform and
that existing health disparities have huge implications for both that system and society as a …

While the number of positions, committees, and projects described as “Diversity, Equity, and
Inclusion (DEI)” work has grown rapidly in recent years, there has been little attention to the …

Five years ago, in a previous Academic Medicine Commentary, the author asserted that the
move toward health reform and a more equitable health system required a transformation of …

This is a defining moment for health and health care in the United States, and medical
schools and teaching hospitals have a critical role to play. The combined forces of health …

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion That Matter Academic medical institutions' idea of addressing
institutional and systemic racism often begins and ends with naming a diversity-equity …

Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs have in the past decade become
commonplace at universities and academic health institutions. Academic institutions aim to …

Diversity in academic medicine has regressed for the past two decades and the number of
underrepresented minority trainees committed to academic careers in the biomedical …

Importance The murder of George Floyd in 2020 spurred an outpouring of calls for racial
justice in the United States, including within academic medicine. In response, academic …

DESPITE 30 YEARS OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INITIA-tives to increase physician diversity,
the pro-portion of medical school graduates who are from underrepresented minority (URM) …