sending a letter that listed what changes they'd like to see in response to the nation's racial awakening. Those changes include emphasizing an equity- based curriculum, establishing plans for faculty development in health equity instruction, removing race as a biological indicator in medicine, diversifying their standard patients and
strengthening ties with communities of color.
Though medical students want to be a part of this change, their studies and time reserved for clinical work off campus limits how much they can do. "For me as a first-year coming in, I had a sense that maintaining sort of the momentum of this could be a challenge," UMN medical student Sally Jeon said. "While it is absolutely crucial to have student voices centered through this experience, students cannot do this alone."
Indian and Minority Health, for doing the work from within the institution that goes beyond school hours. Much of DEI's work in health care or other industries has been seen as a sort of caveat or add-on to the work, but Dr. Núñez believes that it should be integral to how medicine is taught going forward.
"There is no area that is exempt from health disparities," Dr. Núñez said. "Not a one."
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That's where school faculty comes in.
Both Jeon and Carr have commended Dr. Núñez and Dr. Mary Owen, director of the Center of American
This story is part of the Racism Unveiled digital storytelling project with generous funding from the Otto Bremer Trust, HealthPartners, and the Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation.
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