By: Josephine Akingbulu, BA, MPH, Jamar Stevenson, BA, Kaosoluchi Enendu, BS This post is one of a series of mental health pieces from the AMSA WSL Committee. Approximately 42 million people in the United States of America identify as Black. That is about 13.2% of the total population which is comprised of African American, as...
Author: Kelsey Brown, Medical Student at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University This post is one of a series of mental health pieces from the AMSA WSL Committee Black people in America are experiencing trauma: physical, mental, emotional and vicarious trauma. The trauma stems from the rampant racial discrimination that Black people...
AMSA recently hosted a panel discussing immigrant health rights, detention, and COVID-19. A transcript of the discussion is below. It has been lightly edited for length and readability. Panel Moderator: Ashi Arora, REACH Chair Panel Members Rose Murray, Direct Services Attorney, Southeast Immigrant Freedom Initiative Dr. Ian Kim, Doctors for Camp Closure Dr. Asim Shah ...
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A panel of doctors met virtually on to discuss various topics related to racial inequity in healthcare, including social determinants of health, unconscious bias in medicine, and the experience of being a physician of color. A video recording of the hour-long event is available to view. A transcript of the discussion is below. It has...