Invited commentary on racial equity in clinical algorithms, care, and research. Social Mission Alliance (then The Beyond Flexner Alliance) submitted invited commentary and recommendations to the Chair of the House Ways and Means Committee regarding the special responsibility of health professional schools, academic health centers, and training hospitals in producing future health care providers. Training institutions must be held responsible…
The BFA challenges an opinion in the Wall Street Journal that physicians cannot and should not strive to address the social injustice. Medical Schools Do Need an Overhaul. Doctors need to be trained in public health, health equity, and social justice.COVID-19 is laying bare society’s underlying structural inequities that increase the risk of exposure, infection, and death for minority and…
The Beyond Flexner Alliance community is deeply heartbroken by the loss of George Floyd, Tony McDade, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor – and so many others in America’s black communities – who have suffered discrimination and inexcusable losses because of racism, violence and injustice. Racism pervades all sectors of society. Healthcare and education is no exception. The Beyond Flexner Alliance…
Social Mission Alliance is a joint activity with the Mullan Institute and George Washington University. Learn more about the Mullan Institute here.
