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We talk about diversity all the time- are equity and inclusion just extra words?

Caitlin Jade Esparza MS4 explains the fundamental problems in DEI work at US medical schools:

“The catch-all term, “diversity, equity and inclusion” can thus allow institutions to hide behind language and skirt the difficult work of examining and uprooting the foundations upon which medicine has accumulated and concentrated power…”

 

Read the full commentary here:

Doing the Work—or Not: The Promise and Limitations of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in US Medical Schools and Academic Medical Centers

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.900283/full