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Ethics Talk: COVID Dermatologic Disparities Go More Than Skin Deep

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In this video and audio edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, talks with Dr Jenna Lester about racial and ethnic disparities in dermatologic care and its contributions to health inequities during this COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. 

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Jenna Lester, MD is an assistant professor of dermatology at the University of California, San Francisco.

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Ethics Talk: Antibiotic Stewardship During COVID

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In this video and audio edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, talks with Dr Olivia Kates about appropriate use of antibiotics during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Olivia Kates, MD is a third-year fellow in infectious diseases at the University of Washington in Seattle. 

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Recorded on May 17, 2021

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Ethics Talk: Embodied History, Health Justice, and COVID-19, Part 2

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In this video and audio edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, talks with Dr Nancy Krieger about the population health impacts of historical injustices and structural racism.

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Nancy Krieger, PhD is a professor of social epidemiology in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health.

Part 1 of this conversation is here.

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Case and Commentary
Dec 2021

How Should Lived Experience of Racism Count in Medical School Admissions?

Tanisha King, PhD and Joselyn Hines
There are fewer Black men in US medical schools today than in 1970, although their contributions are key to building medicine’s capacity to equitably promote healing.
AMA J Ethics. 2021; 23(12):E919-925. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.919.
Case and Commentary
Dec 2021

How Should Medical Schools Foster Equity and Inclusion in Admissions?

Adela Valdez, MD, MBA, Lala Forrest, Alessandra Jimenez, MPH, and Kim-Thu Pham, MD, MPH
Redefining merit can promote meaningful inclusion and express institutional leadership in addressing social justice.
AMA J Ethics. 2021; 23(12):E926-930. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.926.
Medical Education
Dec 2021

Three Things Schools Should Do to Make Advancement Assessment Just

Marjorie Westervelt, PhD, MPH, Darius Billingsley, MD, Maya London, and Tonya Fancher, MD, MPH
Retention, student progression, and career advancement milestones are at least as important as admissions in promoting just medical education opportunity.
AMA J Ethics. 2021; 23(12):E937-945. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.937.
Medical Education
Dec 2021

What Is the Role of Accreditation in Achieving Medical School Diversity?

Barbara Barzansky, PhD, MHPE, Robert B. Hash, MD, MBA, Veronica Catanese, MD, MBA, and Donna Waechter, PhD
Diversity standards in medical education accreditation do not guarantee diversity but stimulate schools’ activities to recruit and retain diverse students and faculty.
AMA J Ethics. 2021; 23(12):E946-952. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.946.