AAMC leaders: Can academic medicine reduce health inequities?
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“Health inequities are absolutely unacceptable…Across town, the difference in life expectancy can be a decade.” Part two of Dean Henri Ford’s discussion with AAMC leaders Dr. David Skorton and Dr. Alison Whelan focuses on academic medicine’s role in reducing disparities in marginalized communities. They also speak about current Supreme Court cases that will determine whether higher education institutions can continue using race as a factor in holistic admissions.
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