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Black men are increasingly underrepresented in medical schools and in the medical profession. A diverse workforce is a key attribute of quality healthcare and research suggests that a diverse workforce may help to advance cultural competency and increase access to high-quality health care, especially for underserved populations. Conversely, lack of diversity in the health workforce threatens health care quality and access and contributes to health disparities. In this way, the growing absence of Black men in medicine is especially troubling, because their absence in medicine may have adverse consequences for health care access, quality, and outcomes among Black Americans and Americans overall.
To better understand the factors that contribute to the low participation of Black men in the medical profession, facilitate discussion of current strategies used to increase their participation in medical education, and explore new strategies along the educational and professional pipeline that may have potential to increase participation in medicine, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and the Cobb Institute jointly convened a 2-day workshop in November 2017, in Washington, DC. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop.
Contents
- The National Academies of SCIENCES • ENGINEERING • MEDICINE
- PLANNING COMMITTEE ON INCREASING AFRICAN AMERICAN MALES IN THE MEDICAL PROFESSION
- Reviewers
- Acronyms and Abbreviations
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Keynote Presentations
- OPENING KEYNOTELouis Sullivan.
- THE PERSPECTIVE FROM ACADEMIC MEDICINEDarrell G. Kirch, President and Chief Executive Officer.
- DISCUSSION
- OPENING KEYNOTE
- 3. Exploring the Challenges and Barriers for Black Men Along the Life Trajectory
- RACISMCamara Jones, Senior Fellow.
- REFLECTIONS ON BARRIERS TO BECOMING A PHYSICIANRoger Mitchell, Jr., Chief Medical Examiner.
- MENTAL HEALTH AND RESILIENCY IN THE LIVES OF BLACK MENArthur C. Evans, Jr., Chief Executive Officer.
- DISCUSSION
- RACISM
- 4. Exploring the Challenges and Barriers for Black Men Along the Educational Trajectory
- MENTORING IN MEDICINELynne Holden, President and Chief Executive Officer.
- MEN OF COLORWalter J. Lanier, Director.
- CHALLENGES ALONG THE EDUCATIONAL PIPELINEC. Reynold Verret, President.
- IDEAS TO POTENTIALLY ADDRESS THE SHORTAGE OF BLACK MEN IN MEDICINEL. D. Britt, Henry Ford Professor and Edward J. Brickhouse Chairman.
- DISCUSSION
- REFERENCES
- MENTORING IN MEDICINE
- 5. Current Innovative and Exploratory Strategies to Support Entry into Science and Medicine for Black Men
- MEYERHOFF SCHOLARS PROGRAMFreeman Hrabowski, III, President.
- VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AFRICAN AMERICAN AND DISADVANTAGED STUDENT PIPELINE PROGRAMAndré L. Churchwell and Levi Watkins, Jr., Chair and Chief Diversity Officer Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Professor of Medicine (Cardiology), Professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, and Senior Associate Dean for Diversity Affairs.
- THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY BELL NATIONAL RESOURCE CENTER ON THE AFRICAN AMERICAN MALEJames L. Moore, III, Interim Vice Provost for Diversity and Inclusion and Chief Diversity Officer, Executive Director, Todd A. Bell National Resource Center on the African American Male, Distinguished Professor of Urban Education.
- AETNA HEALTH PROFESSIONS PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE (HPPI) SCHOLARS DOCTORS PIPELINEMarja Hurley, Professor of Medicine and Orthopedics, UConn School of Medicine, Associate Dean for Health Career Opportunity Programs.
- HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL OFFICE FOR DIVERSITY, INCLUSION, AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPJoan Y. Reede, Dean for Diversity and Community Partnership.
- DISCUSSION
- MEYERHOFF SCHOLARS PROGRAM
- 6. Reflections on Meeting Day 1
- REFLECTIONSValerie Montgomery Rice, President and Dean.
- DISCUSSION
- POSTER SESSION: INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO BLACK MEN IN MEDICINE (STUDENT PERSPECTIVES)
- REFLECTIONS
- 7. Accountability in Medicine: What Can Medical Schools Do to Address the Crisis?
- OPENING REMARKSBenjamin S. Carson, Sr., Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
- ACCOUNTABILITY IN MEDICINE
- DISCUSSION
- OPENING REMARKS
- 8. Financial Barriers to Medical Education
- NATIONAL MEDICAL FELLOWSHIPSEsther R. Dyer, President and Chief Executive Officer.
- THE JACKSON/MINTON SCHOLARSHIP FUNDJoseph B. Hill, Senior Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer.
- FINANCIAL BARRIERS TO MEDICAL EDUCATION FROM THE STUDENT PERSPECTIVEMichael Knight, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Patient Safety Officer.
- DISCUSSION
- NATIONAL MEDICAL FELLOWSHIPS
- 9. Approaches from Philanthropy
- BURROUGHS WELLCOME FUNDAlfred M. Mays, Program Officer, Science Education and Diversity in Science.
- THE COMMONWEALTH FUNDDavid Blumenthal, President.
- ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATIONJohn Lumpkin, Senior Vice President.
- DISCUSSION
- BURROUGHS WELLCOME FUND
- 10. Approaches from Government
- NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH AND ENGAGING NEW PARTNERSHannah A. Valantine, Chief Officer, Scientific Workforce Diversity, and Senior Investigator.
- HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION HEALTH WORKFORCE PRIORITIES AND PROGRAMSLuis Padilla, Associate Administrator, Bureau of Health Workforce.
- DISCUSSION
- NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH AND ENGAGING NEW PARTNERS
- 11. Reflections on the Workshop and Final Thoughts
- APPENDIXES
Rapporteur: Cato T. Laurencin.
Suggested citation:
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2018. An American crisis: The growing absence of Black men in medicine and science: Proceedings of a joint workshop between the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and the W. Montague Cobb/NMA Health Institute. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: https://doi.org/10.17226/25130.
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