A new article in Academic Medicine, an AAMC peer-reviewed journal, discusses the work that the Action Collaborative for Black Men in Medicine has undertaken since it was launched in 2020. "Increasing the Representation of Black Men in Medicine by Addressing Systems Factors," coauthored by AAMC leaders, offers several points of intervention along the medical education continuum, from elementary school through medical school matriculation, for institutional leaders to address as part of their diversity strategy. The authors also present the Action Collaborative's process for leveraging collective impact to build an equity-minded action agenda focused on Black men. They describe their initial focus on pre-health advising and leadership accountability and next steps to develop an action agenda.
Full article available here.
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Clarence Fluker
Director of Community Engagement
Association of American Medical Colleges
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