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The man who was in charge of establishing the current medical school curriculum (OVER 100 YEARS AGO BTW) said that black medical students were only good for keeping white people from dying.
A thread:
Ohttps://www.medpagetoday.com/publichealthpolicy/medicaleducation/87171
A thread:
Ohttps://www.medpagetoday.com/publichealthpolicy/medicaleducation/87171
Out of the 7 black medical schools that existed at the time, he shut down all but 2 of them. To this day there are disproportionately fewer black doctors relative to their population. All because one racist white man 100 years ago decided they weren't good enough.
Black doctors only make up 5% of the workforce even though black people make up 13-14% of the US population. There are over 40 million back people in the US. Only 45,500 are physicians.
After his assessment of all US medical schools over 100 years ago, Abraham Flexner dissolved 5 of the 7 black medical schools. Over a century later only 2 more have been established. There are fewer black medical schools now than there were in 1910.
Those schools are:
@HowardU College of Medicine
@MeharryMedical
@MSMEDU (Morehouse School of Medicine)
@cdrewu (Charles R. Drew University of Medicine)
@HowardU College of Medicine
@MeharryMedical
@MSMEDU (Morehouse School of Medicine)
@cdrewu (Charles R. Drew University of Medicine)
Here are some books that talk about this topic:
Black Man in a White Coat by @DamonTweedyMD
Just Medicine: A Cure for Racial Inequality in American Healthcare by @JustHealthByLaw
Please feel free to add to this list.
Black Man in a White Coat by @DamonTweedyMD
Just Medicine: A Cure for Racial Inequality in American Healthcare by @JustHealthByLaw
Please feel free to add to this list.
Here are some research papers:
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://nam.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/An-American-Crisis-The-Lack-of-Black-Men-in-Medicine.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwi7q5HX6JDqAhVHg3IEHXYJAyAQFjAPegQIBxAB&usg=AOvVaw2N9PksHQuGs-s-Fk-64yCN&cshid=1592670734118
Trends in Racial/Ethnic Representation Among US Medical Students | Health Disparities | JAMA Network Open | JAMA Network https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2749233
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://nam.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/An-American-Crisis-The-Lack-of-Black-Men-in-Medicine.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwi7q5HX6JDqAhVHg3IEHXYJAyAQFjAPegQIBxAB&usg=AOvVaw2N9PksHQuGs-s-Fk-64yCN&cshid=1592670734118
Trends in Racial/Ethnic Representation Among US Medical Students | Health Disparities | JAMA Network Open | JAMA Network https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2749233
The Beyond Flexner Alliance is a movement focused on creating a medical school and healthcare system that is better and fairer. @BeyondFlexner
Social Mission in Health Professions Education
https://beyondflexner.org/
Social Mission in Health Professions Education
https://beyondflexner.org/
I just feel like this is a topic that isn't covered as much when talking about racial inequality. Medical school reform is something I'm interested in, and that reform includes a more diverse student population that translates into more diverse doctors in the workforce.
Please RT! #BlackLivesMatter 
#medicalschool #reform #HBCU
Cc. @AarikaSamone @GenieShinobi @MCOYorg @YGBookClub
#medicalschool #reform #HBCU Cc. @AarikaSamone @GenieShinobi @MCOYorg @YGBookClub
Racial Bias in Flexner Report Permeates Medical Education Today | MedPage Today https://www.medpagetoday.com/publichealthpolicy/medicaleducation/87171
