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Being Mentored Helps Black Medical Students Face Isolation, Racial Microaggressions

Jamel Hill, a fourth year medical student, confronted a stark reality when he went into medical school. But through the racial microaggressions, he also found mentors who guided him through the hardest times. He just matched in a physical medicine and rehabilitation residency at the University of Kentucky. It s a dream I ve had since high school, he says. (Farah Yousry/WFYI) Jamel Hill, 30, describes his first few months in medical school in 2016 as a rude awakening. With few people looking like him in the lecture hall, he felt isolated. But it was some conversations being had in the classroom and the hospital that left him the most uncomfortable.

Analysis of diversity at premier medical journals met with silence

Cardiologist Raymond Givens at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, where he is associate director of the cardiac intensive care units. Biz Herman for STAT When cardiologist Raymond Givens read the article in the Journal of the American Heart Association last year, it stopped him in his tracks. Written by a fellow cardiologist, it claimed educational affirmative action programs were promoting underprepared Black and Hispanic trainees who would not gain admission to top medical schools or become the best doctors. While the article was widely condemned as racist and error-filled and was swiftly retracted by the journal, its publication left Givens with a host of questions.

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