Diversity in Medicine
Conference Coverage
Achieving diversity, equity and inclusion: Invite everyone and build a team
Don’t recruit diverse people to your program and then have them come and feel not included.
From the Journals
Few transgender teens discontinue hormones in young adulthood
Pioneering clinic’s research finds that 98% of transgender adolescents taking puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones were still taking the latter...
Best Practices
Best practices for an LGBTQ+ friendly medical space
With insights from four LGBTQ+ clinicians, here are several steps physicians can take to close the disparity gap.
Latest News
Dr. Birds-n-Bees: How physicians are taking up the sex ed slack
Only 29 states and the District of Columbia mandate sex education, and 13 of those do not require that it be medically accurate.
Latest News
Hydroquinone, found in skin-lightening agents worldwide, linked with increased skin cancer risk
“The magnitude of the risk was surprising,” one of the study authors said.
Latest News
Well-child visits rise, but disparities remain
Uninsured children continue to fall short in well child visits, with a 20% gap between highest and lowest-adherence regions.
Feature
Words, now actions: How medical associations try to fulfill pledges to combat racism in health care
Many medical associations have publicly announced their determination to help eliminate racial disparities.
Feature
Pediatricians at odds over gender-affirming care for trans kids
The American Academy of Pediatrics and some of its members are at odds over what the latter see as the organization’s refusal to discuss its 2018...
Conference Coverage
Cultural humility required to optimize treatment of eczema patients with skin of color
Treating eczema in patients with skin of color requires cultural lens.
Commentary
Ten steps for clinicians to avoid being racist: The Francis commitment
The scars never go away and your status is always in question, no matter your title or uniforms of respect. Eventually it wears you down.
LGBT Youth Consult
LGBTQ+ Youth Consult: Let’s talk about PrEP!
Extending counseling for preventive care measures such as preexposure prophylaxis for HIV to all sexually active youth could help to destigmatize...