Join virtual day of action on April 30 to strengthen and diversify the health workforce
In recognition of National Minority Health Month, the AAMC is coordinating a virtual day of action on April 30 to highlight the positive impact that diversifying the health care workforce can have on long-standing health inequities. This effort will focus on the need to support the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Title VII and Title VIII workforce programs and the work of the Action Collaborative for Black Men in Medicine which are vital to increasing workforce diversity for the benefit of all patients. The AAMC has developed a toolkit of materials to use to promote how increased diversity in the health care workforce helps address long-standing health inequities and improves health care outcomes for all.
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AAMC joins amicus brief opposing Montana ban on gender-affirming care
The AAMC joined the American Academy of Pediatrics and more than 20 other health organizations in an appellate amicus brief focused on ensuring that all adolescents, including those with gender dysphoria, receive the optimal medical and mental health care they need. The brief urges the court to affirm the lower court’s preliminary injunction in a case that involves S.B. 99, a law that effectively bans health care providers from providing patients under 18 with medically necessary treatments for gender dysphoria. The law defines the provision of such care as professional misconduct, prohibits the use of public funds for such treatments, and subjects health care providers to at least a one year suspension and to private actions for damages. The brief details the professionally accepted medical guidelines for treating adolescents with gender dysphoria, the scientifically rigorous process by which the guidelines were developed, and the evidence that gender-affirming care is effective and saves lives.
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AAMCNews: Shootings, storms, epidemics: In an era of mass casualties, hospitals get better prepared
An increase in manmade and natural disasters requires new thinking about the role of health care staff, effective triaging, community partnerships, and security.
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New polling brief examines public perspectives on reparations in America
A new polling brief developed by the AAMC Center for Health Justice, in collaboration with Morning Consult, analyzes the 2024 landscape of state legislation regarding reparations. Reparations, even when broadly defined and not limited to cash payments, are not supported by the majority of the public, and the more time that has elapsed between a historical injustice and the proposed redress, the larger the ideological divide is on providing reparations. Join the Center for a webinar to learn more about the findings (register here).
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‘Beyond the White Coat’ podcast explores innovations in the residency application process
In the latest “Ask an Expert” mini episode of the AAMC’s “Beyond the White Coat” podcast, Patrick Fritz, AAMC senior director of admissions and selection application services, and Jason Reminick, MD, MBA, CEO and founder of Thalamus, discuss mission alignment between the two organizations, how holistic review and data impact a more diverse workforce, and future improvements to the transition to residency process. The episode is available wherever podcasts are streaming.
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“Crossing the Chasm” podcast episode examines health justice in communities
Philip Alberti, PhD, founding director of the AAMC Center for Health Justice, joined a recent conversation on “Crossing the Chasm,” a podcast hosted by Greg Johnson, MD, CEO for hospital medicine and chief diversity officer of Sound Physicians. The discussion focused on Alberti’s background, work, and the nuances of health justice as he explained how every community deserves the fair and just opportunity to attain the highest level of health for their population.
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Health systems called on to accelerate climate action
A new viewpoint published in JAMA urges academic health system (AHS) leaders to take aggressive climate action at their institutions in order to significantly reduce and ultimately achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions. Co-authored by Eugene Washington, MD, MPH, MSc, Duke University chancellor emeritus, Johnese Spisso, RN, MPA, UCLA Health president, and William Mallon, EdD, AAMC senior director of strategy and innovation development, the piece also calls on AHS leaders to “use their considerable influence in the public domain to shape state and national climate action policy.”
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