An American Crisis The Growing Absence of Black Men in Medicine and Science: Proceedings of a Joint Workshop (2018) / Chapter Skim
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6 Reflections on Meeting Day 1
6 Reflections on Meeting Day 1
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• Building cohorts, cultivating interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) from a young age, and helping students to manage financial circumstances are key strategies to encourage students to pursue STEM careers.
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President and Dean Morehouse School of Medicine Montgomery Rice reflected on the medical educational pipeline and the junctures at which boys are lost. Using the analogy of a leaky pipeline she developed, she reviewed the number of African American boys and men who • do not complete high school; • graduate but do not enroll in college; • do not matriculate to or complete college; • apply or take the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT)
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The deans of the four HBCU medical schools represented on the panel -- Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science, Howard University, Meharry Medical College, and the Morehouse School of Medicine -- convened the Empower Conference, an annual conference launched in 2016, which seeks to address the decline of African American students from HBCUs who pursue health and science.3 For the 2018 conference, some workshops will address strengthening undergraduate curriculum, MCAT preparation, and financial and social determinants.
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He described the need to expose young Black boys to STEM in middle school, encourage undergraduate students with interest and competences to pursue STEM careers, and support students' interest with better advising at the undergraduate level starting in the freshman year. To increase retention and graduation rates, Howard has increased opportunities for STEM undergraduates.
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Mallett noted that this disadvantage has consequences throughout the life span, saying, "A growing number of students start kindergarten already trailing their privileged counterparts, and they rarely if ever catch up." She added that these disparities are not incidental, but instead result from institutional racism and specific actions such as privileged people paying and lobbying for better schools and better resources in schools. Given that this racist educational infrastructure results from specific actions, it is neither inexorable nor unalterable.
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Mallett would do the following: • Create a moratorium on out-of-school suspensions and use restor ative approaches to discipline in public schools. • Foster a curriculum rebirth in HBCUs and, echoing Frederick, cre ate a network of HBCU and diversity-focused medical schools.
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Evans also discussed using this life span perspective to examine the efficacy and efficiency of pipeline programs over time. He closed by suggesting the need to build and work with allies -- to engage mentors and leaders who are not African American who can nevertheless support and provide insights into ways to increase the representation of Black men in medicine.
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54 THE GROWING ABSENCE OF BLACK MEN IN MEDICINE AND SCIENCE Medicine, and Gabriel Felix, a 3rd-year medical student at Howard University College of Medicine, presented "The Need for More of Us: Perspectives and Solutions for Increasing Black Men in Medicine by Black Men in Medi ine." Abbas Rattani, M.Be., a 3rd-year medical stu c dent at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, presented "Improving Black Male Matriculation in Medicine through Fashion as Art and ctivism." Martin Campbell, a 2nd-year medical student at A Morehouse School of Medicine, presented "Black Men in Medicine: A Novel Approach to Mentorship and Policy Reform."
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