Team-based care is a strong focus and narrative in medical and health education and within health care systems. Yet it is essential to consider that there are vast differences in power, education, compensation, and job security among team members in…
Emergency medical services (EMS) clinicians, including emergency medical technicians and paramedics, are skilled professionals whose expertise is leveraged routinely to meet a wide range of patient needs. Collaborative interdisciplinary care requires mutual understanding, trust, and respect. Yet, among EMS clinicians…
What clinicians of status owe health workers earning low wages has been changed by the events of the past 2 years of the COVID-19 pandemic, national racial reckoning, and increasing national income and wealth inequality. Reasons why clinicians of status…
The National Domestic Worker’s Bill of Rights Act aimed to remedy nearly a century of labor and health inequities facing a majority of the home health workforce including home health workers, personal care aides, and professional caregivers who are women…
Bullying has significant, far-reaching consequences for all health professionals, students, trainees, patients, their families, and organizations. Bullying is antithetical to healthy organizational culture, patient safety, and professionalism. A culture of safety and respect in sites of healthcare education and work…
Diversity standards in medical education accreditation do not guarantee diversity but do stimulate schools’ activities to recruit and retain diverse students and faculty. The Liaison Committee on Medical Education’s (LCME’s) accreditation standard addressing medical school diversity neither mandates which categories…
This article considers how student advancement assessment in American medical schools undermines equity. Although much attention is paid to admissions processes’ capacity to diversify the physician workforce, students’ advancement has been neglected as the next key step along their journeys…
There are fewer Black men in US medical schools today than in 1970. This and other kinds of ongoing inequity express the systemic racism Black Americans face in health care. Increasing Black physician representation in medicine is key to motivating…
In 2003, the Association of American Medical Colleges reframed the concept underrepresented minorities as underrepresented in medicine (URiM), which defines representation in medicine relative to representation in the US population. Schools are permitted to construct URiM definitions, suggesting the importance…
This activity is comprised of five multiple-choice questions based on the content of an AMA Journal of Ethics podcast about how “human-centered” design can help remove barriers to care and forge solidarity between patients and clinicians, and how soundscape ecology…
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