Black Men in White Coats Panel Discussion Recording

Less black men applied to medical school in 2014 than in 1978. Black men have the lowest life expectancy in the United States. Currently, only 2% of American doctors are black men. What's going on? And, why aren't these numbers better?

Watch a virtual panel discussion that was recorded on Tuesday, September 14 . Panel members will speak about their experience from medical school to residency to practicing physicians. Hear the conversation. Hear the real-life stories. Hear a perspective you may have never heard before.

1. Describe systemic barriers which hinder marginalized groups such as Black males from becoming physicians
2. Discuss how increasing the diversity in medicine can help reverse inequity of care for Black Americans and other minorities
3. Recognize the need to increase medical school admissions among historically excluded and marginalized groups