The History Will Tell You What You Need To Know
Medical educators to this day struggle to address the racial and gender disparities that exist in the physician workforce. While significant progress has been made to eliminate gender disparities, with female matriculants outnumbering male matriculants in 2017 and 2018, racial disparities remain. The Association of American Medical Colleges reports that only 7.1% of matriculants to U.S. medical schools in 2018 were Black or African American, despite Blacks and African Americans comprising 13.4% of the general population of the U.S.