Understanding individuals' skin pigmentation and photosensitivity is important in judging risk
of skin cancer and response to certain treatment modalities. However, individuals with darkly …

Problem: Visual racism refers to both the underrepresentation and inappropriate
representation of darker skin types in medical education. By not teaching medical students …

Background Racial disparities in plastic surgery limit health care accessibility and quality.
The aim of this study is to determine if racial disparities exist within patient-targeted …

Medical education has long held inequities when educating on dermatology for skin of color.
More recent awareness of these long-standing issues has highlighted a need to ensure …

Background: Health science education needs images that represent both the diversity of
patients served and the diversity of its students and clinicians. To begin to address this need …