Race, ethnicity and health care/Affirmative action in admissions

  • Medical Education
    Mar 2021

    Making Merit Just in Medical School Admissions

    Tomas Diaz, MD, Ryan Huerto, MD, MPH, MA, and Jasmine Weiss, MD
    Aligning merit-based approaches with holistic approaches and equitable candidate evaluation can improve admissions processes, support learners, and improve patient care.
    AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(3):E223-228. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.223.
  • Original Research
    Feb 2019

    Can AI Help Reduce Disparities in General Medical and Mental Health Care?

    Irene Y. Chen, Peter Szolovits, PhD, and Marzyeh Ghassemi, PhD
    As machine learning becomes increasingly common in health care, these systems’ data, algorithms, and recommendations raise critical justice questions.
    AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(2):E167-179. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.167.
  • Viewpoint
    Jun 2014

    Questioning the Rationale for Affirmative Action

    Abigail Thernstrom, PhD
    Defenses of affirmative action rely on faulty assumptions about the educational value of student-body diversity and the best ways to address educational inequities.
    Virtual Mentor. 2014;16(6):495-497. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2014.16.6.oped2-1406.
  • Health Law
    Dec 2012

    Affirmative Action and Medical School Admissions

    Valarie Blake, JD, MA
    Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin continues the debate about affirmative action in higher education. What constitutes adequate representation of a given group, and should those groups be based on race or class?
    Virtual Mentor. 2012;14(12):1003-1007. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2012.14.12.hlaw1-1212.
  • Medical Education
    Jun 2003

    Grutter v Bollinger

    Susanna Smith
    Virtual Mentor. 2003;5(6):208-210. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2003.5.6.medu1-0306.