Objectives Professional identity formation (PIF) is a growing area of research in medical
education. However, it is unclear whether the present research base is suitable for …

Abstract Purpose of Review This review synthesizes recent findings related to the
biopsychosocial processes that underlie racial disparities in chronic pain, while highlighting …

During a pandemic about which too little is known, public health is facing a crisis on multiple
levels, including regarding COVID-19 related-health messaging. With the federal …

Purpose Stereotype threat is an important psychological phenomenon in which fear of
fulfilling negative stereotypes about one's group impairs performance. The effects of …

Racially or ethnically targeted events may have adverse health implications for members of
the group not directly targeted, a phenomenon known as peripheral trauma. Recent …

A professional and moral medical education should equip trainees with the knowledge and
skills necessary to effectively advance health equity. In this Perspective, we argue that …

Health inequities stem from systematic, pervasive social and structural forces. These forces
marginalize populations and create the circumstances that disadvantage these groups, as …

Although it is widely recognized that the United States has a severe and broad systemic
racism problem, recent events have dramatically elevated the issue. Widespread protests in …

Modern medicine is an artifact of colonialism because the science that underpins modern
medicine emerged from Western knowledge structures based on a history of colonialism …

Structural racism, or the practices, policies, and norms that perpetuate white supremacy, is
ubiquitous within US social systems, including in institutions of medical education. 1, 2 The …