Are you looking into medical schools for yourself or a family member? Here are some important things to consider when checking out your top choices:
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- Visit their website and watch for the following keywords:
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- Diversity, equity, and inclusion
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- Social justice
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- Health equity
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- Anti-racism
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- Systemic/structural/institutional racism
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- Implicit/unconscious bias
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- Under-Represented in Medicine (URiM)
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- Holistic review
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- Visit their website and watch for the following keywords:
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- Review their DICE score: The Diversity, Inclusion, Culture, and Equity (DICE) Inventory grades medical schools’ efforts to embed DEI-related initiatives in many areas of university operations. Higher scores indicate a stronger dedication to woke practices.
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- Visit Critical Race Training in Medical Education to see a summary of DEI-related actions, employee requirements, support for anti-racism, and more.
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- Check a medical school’s “secondary interview questions” for topics regarding DEI, anti-racism, and social justice issues. Here is a helpful database from ProspectiveDoctor.com.
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- Search for the school’s “white coat ceremony” oath to see what they ask students to pledge.
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- Review a school’s financial aid page to see if they push scholarships that discriminate on the basis of race.
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- Visit Choose College with Confidence from the Heritage Foundation.
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- Check out Activism Instead of Anatomy: The Sorry State of Medical School Curricula by Do No Harm senior fellow Jay Greene, PhD.