Why are there so few Black, Latinx, and Indigenous healthcare professionals in the American healthcare system?
How does mistrust in medical professionals arise from childhood within marginalized communities?
In this series on healthcare and social disparities, Dr. Jill Wener, a board-certified Internal Medicine specialist, meditation expert, and tapping practitioner, interviews experts in multiple fields relating to social justice and anti-racism. In this episode, Jill interviews Susan Lopez MD, the Assistant Professor in the Division of Hospital Medicine and the Division of Community and Global Health Equity in the Department of Internal Medicine. Their discussion explores the systemic reasons, starting in childhood, that shape a distrust in medical professionals by Black, Latinx, and Indigenous peoples. Dr. Lopez calls out the importance of “pathway programs” to increase minority representation in healthcare. She explains that success is not a linear process and the commonalities in experiences of marginalized communities as to why there’s a need for inequity and inclusion work in healthcare for both patients and healthcare professionals.
Dr. Susan Lopez is Assistant Professor in the Division of Hospital Medicine and the Division of Community and Global Health Equity, both in the Department of Internal Medicine. She serves on the Executive Admissions Committee and its Diversity Work Group for Rush Medical College. She seeks to support learners who identify as Underrepresented in Medicine as the Diversity Officer and as a faculty advisor to the Latino Medical Student Association (LMSA).
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Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? by Beverly Daniel Tatum
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