Students in the OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine at the Cherokee Nation simulation center.
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Early start needed to build Native American physician workforce

Too few American Indians and Alaska Natives are in the U.S. physician workforce. But the Cherokee Nation is proving that positive change is possible.

Health Equity
Five doctors and health care workers in full scrubs and PPE working on a patient in a hospital bed in a COVID-19 ward.
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How the crucible of COVID-19 can help fix the health care system

A National Academy of Medicine report details the pandemic’s effect on clinicians and the long-overdue systemic improvements needed to support them.

Infectious Diseases
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Why physician diversity matters, and how GME programs can boost it

The ACGME’s diversity chief, William McDade, MD, PhD, details what residency programs can do to help diversify the physician workforce.

Medical School Diversity
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AMA equity in medical education resources

Find information about AMA's work towards equity in medical education and available resources for physicians and their practices.

Medical School Diversity
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William McDade, MD, PhD, discusses health equity and resident education

AMA's Moving Medicine series features physician voices and achievements. Learn more in this discussion with William McDade, MD, PhD, of ACGME about health equity and resident education.

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Improve GME
Moving Medicine Video Update
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5 Min Read

To produce more Black male doctors, start by acknowledging bias

Black men remain highly underrepresented in medicine. Learn more with the AMA about how this can be changed.

Medical School Diversity
Person monitoring blood pressure in home
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9 ways to reduce inequity in hypertension treatment and control

COVID-19 exacerbated preexisting disparities in hypertension management and control, but steps can be taken to promote a more equitable health system.

Prevention & Wellness
Physician holding a patient's hand
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Organization aims to get Black men in medicine through inspiration

A new documentary explores the reasons behind the lack of Black men in medicine through the perspectives of African-American physicians.

Medical School Diversity
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AMA seeks greater efforts to diversify the physician workforce

U.S. medicine still doesn’t resemble the American populace. It’s time to acknowledge historic exclusion and fill educational opportunity gaps, delegates say.

Health Equity