Inspiring and informative stories honoring Black history, recommended by Social Mission Alliance members. To celebrate Black History month……
Must-Reads about Black History
Category: Opinion
How Can Health Professions Students Help to Fight the COVID-19 Pandemic?
As federal officials determine when and how to reopen the country, numerous public health experts fear that the United States is significantly short of the public health workers needed to mitigate another occurrence and properly perform contract tracing. On April 8, 2020 JAMA published an editorial co-authored by Dr. Josh Sharfstein and Dr. Howard Bauchner proposing a public health response…
BFA Student Alliance Letter to Biden-Harris Administration
Following the Health Professions Students’ Voices on Voting and the Election webinar, the Beyond Flexner Alliance Student Assembly drafted a letter to be sent to the Biden-Harris Administration regarding top issues the Administration should address from the health professions students’ perspective. Over 60 health professions leaders and organizations signed-on advocating for the following: An equitable COVID-19 response Increased healthcare access…
Remembering Dr. Jack Geiger
Watch and listen to the incomparable, inspiring Jack Geiger MD – his journey from Harlem and the Civil Rights Movement to founding the community health center model to global human rights missions and a humanitarian legacy. The Social Mission Alliance was saddened to hear of the recent death of H. Jack Geiger, MD. Dr. Geiger was the inaugural recipient of…
Letter to House Ways and Means Committee
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…
Beyond Flexner Alliance Response to WSJ Commentary on Social Justice Training in Medical Education
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…
Beyond Flexner Alliance Statement on George Floyd Killing
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…
