Medical Schools as Racialized Organizations
Authors: Max Jordan Nguemeni Tiako, Victor Ray, Eugenia South
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2021)

LettersDecember 2021Medical Schools as Racialized OrganizationsMax Jordan Nguemeni Tiako, MD, MS, Victor Ray, PhD, Eugenia South, MD, MSMax Jordan Nguemeni Tiako, MD, MSDepartment of Internal Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MassachusettsSearch for more papers by this author, Victor Ray, PhDDepartment of Sociology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IowaSearch for more papers by this author, Eugenia South, MD, MSUrban Health Lab, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/L21-0638 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail IN RESPONSE: We agree with Drs. Barrett and Hingle's comments about our primer on medical schools as racialized organizations. Indeed, graduate medical education plays a vital role and is an important point of leverage where key interventions are necessary to make medical education more racially equal. As Drs. Barrett and Hingle aptly highlight, residents and fellows also experience racism during training, which affects their career opportunities. However, the role of graduate medical education begins before trainees reach residency.Evidence shows that the residency application process is currently structurally biased in favor of students with higher board scores beyond a necessary ...References1. Williams M, Kim EJ, Pappas K, et al. The impact of United States Medical Licensing Exam (USMLE) step 1 cutoff scores on recruitment of underrepresented minorities in medicine: a retrospective cross-sectional study. Health Sci Rep. 2020;3:e2161. [PMID: 32318628] doi:10.1002/hsr2.161 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. Lee AH, Young P, Liao R, et al. I dream of Gini: quantifying inequality in otolaryngology residency interviews. Laryngoscope. 2019;129:627-633. [PMID: 30408192] doi:10.1002/lary.27521 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Department of Internal Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MassachusettsDepartment of Sociology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IowaUrban Health Lab, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaDisclosures: Disclosures can be viewed at www.acponline.org/authors/icmje/ConflictOfInterestForms.do?msNum=M21-0369. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoMedical Schools as Racialized Organizations: A Primer Max Jordan Nguemeni Tiako , Eugenia C. South , and Victor Ray Medical Schools as Racialized Organizations Eileen Barrett and Susan Thompson Hingle Metrics Cited byDisaggregating inequalities in the career outcomes of international medical graduates in the United States December 2021Volume 174, Issue 12Page: 1777-1778KeywordsMedical educationRacial and ethnic discriminationRacial and ethnic issuesStandardized tests ePublished: 21 December 2021 Issue Published: December 2021 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2021 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...