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Cultural Competence

Why are diversity and inclusion in academic medicine important?

  • The Difference: How the Power of Diversity Creates Better Groups, Firms, Schools, and Societies (AAMC, video)
  • A Call for Investment in Education of US Minorities in the 21st Century (National Institutes of Health, manuscript)
  • Diversity in Medical Education (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Culture of Health blog, post)
  • Remembering Anarcha (The Hidden Brain, podcast webpage)

Improve Your Clinical Practice

  • Think Cultural Health: A Physician's Practical Guide to Culturally Competent Care (HHS, webpage)
  • Howard Ross: "Everyday Bias: Identifying and Navigating Unconscious Judgments" (Talks at Google, video)
  • Examining Implicit Racial Bias in Healthcare (Children's National Hospital Grand Rounds, video)

Visit the AAMC diversity resources page for more information on diversity in medicine: Diversity 3.0 Learning Series webpage

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