Workforce Management

Paving the way to a diverse medical workforce starts with med schools

April 17, 2024 - When the medical workforce is reflective of the patients it treats, everyone wins. But getting there isn’t going to be an overnight process; instead, leaders in medical education need to start focusing on creating pathways to a career in healthcare. Indeed, a diverse medical workforce is ideal for medicine, experts are increasingly recognizing, in large part because it increases...

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