Patients of color often seek care from doctors who look like them, but they may have to wait a long time for that opportunity.
AMA Equity Plan 2021-2023
Embedding equity into medicine requires planning and honesty. To meet this moment, the AMA has developed a plan to advance racial and social justice.
Medical schools need to aggressively recruit a more diverse community of medical students—beginning as early as high school—to help in the fight against health inequities, according to William McDade, MD, PhD. Dr. McDade is the chief diversity and inclusion officer at the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME).