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Doctors Back to School™ Day

Download the Doctors Back to School™ Kit to learn more about visiting a school on this day and sharing your passion for the profession with minority elementary and high school students.

Minority Affairs

Help Move Medicine

Medicine doesn’t stand still, and neither do we. AMA members don’t just keep up with medicine—they shape its future.

Join the Movement
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Sam Arce, MD
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Q&A: How this Hispanic physician leader finds ways to give back

As a boy, AMA member Sam Arce, MD, was discouraged from pursuing his physician dream. Learn how he helps pave the way for other Hispanic doctors.

Health Equity
Mark C. Henderson, MD, with University of California, Davis, health-professional trainees
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How diversity’s power can help overcome the physician shortage

There aren’t enough doctors to care for aging patients and not enough physicians who mirror the nation’s diversity. Learn how the two are connected.

Health Equity
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2021 medical school class sees enrollment diversity grow

The current class of first-year medical school students made significant gains among Black and Hispanic students, AAMC data shows.

Medical School Diversity
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2 of Chicago’s notable LGBTQ+ execs find home—and purpose—at AMA

Major business publication recognizes work that matters by the AMA’s Elliott Crigger, PhD, and Craig Johnson. Learn more with the AMA.

Health Equity
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How to get up to 3,000 more Black people in physician pipeline

Creating a physician workforce that more closely resembles the nation is a vital task. Learn more with the AMA about how it can be achieved.

Medical School Diversity
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How a record-setting gift will help tomorrow’s Black physicians

A massive donation to the nation’s four historically Black medical schools will provide about $100,000 in tuition funding per student.

Medical School Diversity
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About the Minority Affairs Section (MAS)

The American Medical Association Minority Affairs Section (MAS) addresses the issues and concerns of underrepresented minority physicians.

Minority Affairs
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Medical students can play crucial diversity role—as mentors

Institutions are working to create more diversity in the physician workforce. One recent medical school graduate took matters into her own hands.

Medical Students