April 27, 2023

The Imperative of Diversity in the Clinical Workforce

William McDade, MD, PhD has done it all in the healthcare world—doctor, professor, and executive. Dr. McDade currently is the Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. In this conversation, Dr. McDade and Dr. Johnson discuss the next generation of healthcare providers and the need to develop more doctors of color if the gaps in healthcare inequality are going to be closed.

Additional Resources
Medical Education in the United States and Canada by Abraham Flexner
http://archive.carnegiefoundation.org/publications/pdfs/elibrary/Carnegie_Flexner_Report.pdf

Patient-centered communication, ratings of care, and concordance of patient and physician race by Lisa A Cooper, Debra L Roter, Rachel L Johnson, Daniel E Ford, Donald M Steinwachs, Neil R Powe
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/8985458_Patient-Centered_Communication_Ratings_of_Care_and_Concordance_of_Patient_and_Physician_Race

The Political Determinants of Health by Daniel Dawes
https://www.amazon.com/Political-Determinants-Health-Daniel-Dawes/dp/1421437899

Doctors Back to School Program
https://www.ama-assn.org/member-groups-sections/minority-affairs/doctors-back-school-program
https://www.ama-assn.org/sites/ama-assn.org/files/corp/media-browser/public/public-health/doctors-back-to-school-kit_0.pdf

The University of Chicago’s Medical Scientist Training Program
https://pritzker.uchicago.edu/academics/mstp

Why Black doctors like me are leaving faculty positions in academic medical centers by Uchi Blackstock
https://www.statnews.com/2020/01/16/black-doctors-leaving-faculty-positions-academic-medical-centers/