News|Videos|February 26, 2024

Diversity in medicine: Keeping physicians of color in the workforce

Why the U.S. health care system needs diversity among physicians, and how patients will benefit.

Attracting diverse candidates to medicine is a great first step to improve health care. Institutions also must take steps to keep them in the workforce. How? Cultural acknowledgement, business acumen, patient outcomes and ability to impact change all play a role, said emergency medicine physician Sampson Davis, MD.