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Breaking Down the Ivory Tower: Building the Health Care Workforce America Needs

The August 8th event featured speakers who challenged our audience to address academic elitism in health education, reimagining an educational system that supports all students and trainees as they learn to care for a diverse patient population. Within the context of the historical and contemporary forces that have shaped the current medical workforce landscape in the U.S., our speakers elevated strategies for addressing the long-standing underrepresentation of historically excluded populations in clinical programs.

The National Health Equity Grand Rounds is a live virtual event series that highlights the root causes of present-day health inequities by tracing the historical and contemporary social, economic, political, geographic, and environmental forces that shape opportunities for health in the United States.

The National Health Equity Grand Rounds series is developed by the American Medical Association, Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education, and RespectAbility, with support from the ABIM Foundation, Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education, American Medical Association Ed Hub, American Society of Addiction Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Council of Medical Specialty Societies, HealthBegins, Institute for Healthcare Improvement, RUSH, Sinai Chicago, The Hastings Center and The Joint Commission.

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Disability Belongs™ is a diverse, disability-led nonprofit that works to create systemic change in how society views and values people with disabilities, and that advances policies and practices that empower people with disabilities to have a better future. Our mission is to drive cultural and policy change to ensure our full representation and influence, creating a more accessible, equitable, and inclusive society.

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