Medical Education Goes Woke
Wall Street Journal | The Editorial Board
The WSJ Editorial Board speaks out about the “political re-education” outlined by The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). In a recently released report, the AAMC outlines core DEI competencies that med students and residents are expected to master and which practicing physicians in teaching hospitals may also be required to learn. The WSJ Board outlines what these “competencies” entail, and the damaging ramifications not only to medicine and care, but also to the communities these policies purport to help.
“Social and economic circumstances clearly can affect individual health behavior. But the hyper-class and -racial consciousness that the AAMC wants to instill in doctors may result in worse care for minorities. ‘Systems of oppression”’ as a standard of analysis could easily become medical fatalism… America faces a looming and severe doctor shortage as baby boomers retire. It won’t help attract prospective doctors to tell top students they must attend to their guilt as racial and political oppressors before they can diagnose your cancer.”
Related:
Association of American Medical Colleges Releases Official DEI Curriculum Standards (NAS, 7/15/22)
