Health equity in academic medicine: recommendations from an AAMC Community Roundtable in Washington, D.C
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Author(s):
- Fair, Malika, author Johnson, Sherese B., author Fluker, Clarence J., author Carkuff-Corey, Katy, author
- Contributor(s):
- Association of American Medical Colleges, issuing body.
- Publication:
- Washington, DC : Association of American Medical Colleges, December 2021
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Health Equity Healthcare Disparities Schools, Medical United States
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- In July 2020, the AAMC hosted the two-day Community Roundtable: Health Equity in Academic Medicine, a virtual meeting of eight academic medical institutions, DC Health, and six community organizations in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. The roundtable was designed to foster collaboration across the academic medicine community in the region to catalyze the development of community-informed solutions to address health and health care inequities through education, policy, and practice. The roundtable discussions centered on six critical levers of change that affect the advancement of health equity: Medical Education; Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI); Community Engagement and Corporate Social Responsibility; Advocacy and Policy; Research; and Clinical Care and Quality Improvement. This report details participants’ descriptions of several promising practices, critical challenges, and points for future collaboration among the academic medicine community and local organizations addressing health inequities in the region. Synthesizing the findings across all sessions resulted in four recommendations for medical schools, teaching hospitals, and residency programs wanting to deepen and integrate their health equity work: 1. Develop equity-centered, community-engaged didactic and experiential learning opportunities within medical schools and residency programs. 2. Explicitly link DEI values, efforts, and outcomes to institutional culture, policies, and programs. 3. Leverage the roles, expertise, and enthusiasm of learners and of leaders and staff in offices of community engagement and government affairs to partner with local communities to address social determinants of health and advocate for change. 4. Critically examine research and clinical care practices for evidence of equity-centeredness in design, implementation, and outcomes.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY-NC-ND license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (x, 27 pages))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 9918417886006676 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9918417886006676