Race as Risk Factor: Always Ask “Why?”

Trainees Are Change Agents: An Introduction to This Year’s Trainee-Authored Letters to the Editor

“…For example, medical students at the Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine have encouraged peers to always ask professors “Why?” if race is given as a risk factor for diseases. 1 Medical students and residents have joined forces with faculty at Duke University Health System to successfully remove race as a factor in the Pediatric Urinary Tract Infection Calculator, Fracture Risk Assessment Tool, and the estimated glomerular filtration rate. 12 Medical students at the University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School have recognized concerning patterns of reductive and stereotypical patient portrayals in case-based learning, and have instilled sustainable measures of diversity, equity, and inclusion alignment through student-led scholarship and longitudinal surveys.…”