Thank you so much for joining our very special December Rounds, “Addressing Medical Racism with Dr. Uché Blackstock”! Many thanks to Dr. Blackstock for sharing with us her incredible journey and her pioneering book, Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine. We appreciate your participation in this important discussion!
Below is a list of resources shared during our Rounds. You can watch the recording on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/nTePWPw-ms4
As always, we welcome your feedback and any suggestions for future Rounds here. Please stay tuned for an invitation to our next Rounds on Tuesday, January 21, 4:30-5:30PM. See you there!
Happy Holidays, and see you next year!
All the best,
Jessica, Stella, and the Social Medicine Rounds Committee
Resources:
Pre-order Dr. Blackstock’s book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/705871/legacy-by-uche-blackstock-md/
Dr. Blackstock’s op-ed in STAT: https://www.statnews.com/2020/01/16/black-doctors-leaving-faculty-positions-academic-medical-centers/
MSNBC - ‘Legacy’ Author reveals deep inequities, racism in healthcare: https://www.msnbc.com/the-weekend/watch/-legacy-author-dr-uche-blackstock-reveals-deep-inequities-racism-in-healthcare-204016197935
Dr. Blackstock on NPR: https://www.npr.org/2024/01/22/1226047324/uche-blackstock-legacy-racism-medicine
Dr. Blackstock on how your neighborhood impacts your health: https://www.npr.org/2024/05/27/1247296777/taking-care-of-yourself-in-the-face-of-external-limitations
Politics and Prose - Featuring Dr. Blackstock: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVfi_d2FU6A
CNN - Dr. Blackstock on racism and prejudice in U.S. healthcare: https://www.cnn.com/videos/health/2024/01/24/the-lead-uche-blackstock-racism-in-healthcare-jake-tapper-live.cnn
The Flexner Report of 1910: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3543812/
Washington Post - Dr. Blackstock on the Flexner Report: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/01/22/uche-blackstock-legacy-black-doctors
AMA - How Should We Respond to Racist Legacies in Health Professions Education Originating in the Flexner Report?: https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/how-should-we-respond-racist-legacies-health-professions-education-originating-flexner-report/2021-03
Dr. Blackstock follows in her mother’s footsteps to make medicine more inclusive: https://www.wusf.org/2024-01-22/following-in-her-moms-footsteps-a-doctor-fights-to-make-medicine-more-inclusive
Harvard Magazine - Dr. Blackstock is on a mission to root out racism in medicine: https://magazine.hms.harvard.edu/articles/uche-blackstock-mission-root-out-racism-medicine
AMA - Legacy of medical racism: https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering-care/health-equity/how-legacy-medical-racism-shapes-us-health-care-today
NIH - Experience of medical racism among Black adults: https://www.nimhd.nih.gov/news-events/research-spotlights/experiences-of-medical-racism-among-black-adults.html
Health Affairs - Structural racism in historical and modern U.S. policy: https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2021.01466
Commonwealth Fund - Confronting racism in healthcare: https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/2021/oct/confronting-racism-health-care
Medical News Today - Racism in healthcare, statistics and examples:
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/racism-in-healthcare
Nature - Racism in health - the harms of biased medicine: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-03325-z
