Diversifying the Medical Pathway in a Post-Affirmative Action World

Utibe R Essien; Victor Agbafe; Keith C Norris

doi:10.1001/jama.2023.17089

Diversifying the Medical Pathway in a Post-Affirmative Action World

JAMA. 2023 Oct 10;330(14):1325-1326. doi: 10.1001/jama.2023.17089.

Authors

Utibe R Essien^{1

2}, Victor Agbafe^{3

4}, Keith C Norris¹

Affiliations

¹ Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles.
² Center for the Study of Healthcare Innovation, Implementation and Policy, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California.
³ University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor.
⁴ Yale Law School, New Haven, Connecticut.

PMID: 37721764
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2023.17089

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This Viewpoint discusses a pathway toward individual, institutional, professional, and societal actions to increase the number of underrepresented individuals in medicine within the medical workforce in a “post–affirmative action” landscape.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Cultural Diversity*
Medicine* / statistics & numerical data
Minority Groups* / statistics & numerical data
Public Policy* / legislation & jurisprudence
United States / epidemiology

Plain language summary

Publication types

MeSH terms

Grants and funding