From the forums, it is pretty obvious that a lot (most?) of individuals on here have very negative perceptions of minority pre-medical students.
This caused me to wonder if I would face this same discrimination in medical school, residency, etc. Or if patients would choose not to come to me because of my race.
I also wondered if those same people with bias carry their biases into their careers, so I researched studies looking into the matter and found this: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2569716/pdf/jnma00196-0043.pdf
Given the massive emphasis the medical community places on "diversity", I found this report saddening, to be perfectly honest.
This caused me to wonder if I would face this same discrimination in medical school, residency, etc. Or if patients would choose not to come to me because of my race.
I also wondered if those same people with bias carry their biases into their careers, so I researched studies looking into the matter and found this: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2569716/pdf/jnma00196-0043.pdf
Given the massive emphasis the medical community places on "diversity", I found this report saddening, to be perfectly honest.