The not-so-silent killer missing in medical-training curricula: racism
07/16/2020
"George Floyd. Breonna Taylor. Ahmaud Arbery. Atatiana Jefferson. Stephon Clark. Botham Jean. Aiyana Jones. Keith Scott. Eric Garner. Freddie Gray."
These are just a few names of Black people who have been brutally murdered because of racism in the USA. The loss of these precious lives has proven that Black people cannot go jogging, stay in the comfort of their homes, go to church or just breathe without fearing for their lives.
This comment is not only thoughtful but responsive to the current climate we see in the U.S., offering steps to take toward achieving equity and racial justice in medical training and addressing racism in clinical settings. The paper is downloaded from Nature Medicine (2020) and can be accessed here.