With affirmative action off the table, medical schools plan new diversity tactics

“Here's a radical idea: What if medical school was a healing experience rather than a traumatic experience?" asked Donald Warne, co-director of the Center for Indigenous Health at Johns Hopkins.

Sep 6, 2023 - 20:00
With affirmative action off the table, medical schools plan new diversity tactics

“Lots of scrambling on the ground.”

That’s how Consuelo Wilkins, the senior associate dean for health equity and inclusive excellence at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, describes medical schools’ current efforts to maintain diversity in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to strike down affirmative action based on race.

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