This is bad news for the medical field...

Our future doctors are being mandated to learn about woke nonsense, rather than silly stuff like, you know, how to treat patients...? I fear for the medical profession. Do yourself a favor and find a conservative doctor.

Check out this snippet from the Washington Free Beacon. Link is at the bottom:

Last year, Oregon Health & Science University Hillsboro Medical Center began developing an "anti-racism and structural competency curriculum" for internal medicine residents. The school wasn't alone. Georgetown University Hospital created a "social medicine and health equity track" for its residents. And this year, the health care system Honor Health started a project "to demonstrate how health care organizations can address DEI [diversity, equity, and inclusion] through the formation of People Resource Groups, affinity groups"—that is, segregated groups—"based on race, ethnicity, gender, and/or orientation."

The throughline is the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Foundation, the charity arm of the American Board of Internal Medicine, which certifies internists and is funding the development of the curricula. Both organizations wield significant influence in medicine, and over the past few years, they have used that influence to push an ideological agenda under the guise of DEI, health equity, and "antiracism."

ABIM's shift toward the promotion of DEI began with its release of a statement in June 2020 decrying the "structural inequity" embedded in the health care system and pledging to confront the "constructed social world"—whatever that is—that allows illness to spread. The organization released a progress report, declaring in Kendian language how it had transitioned from being "passively non-racist" to "actively anti-racist."

Now, ABIM is using every bit of influence it has to push DEI in medicine, requiring physicians to educate themselves in this political pablum to practice their craft. It is part of a trend, underwritten by some of the country's largest foundations, that has seen accrediting bodies incorporate social justice ideology into their requirements for member schools. The American Bar Association, which accredits almost every law school in the country, approved a standard in February that requires law students to learn about "bias, cross-cultural competency, and racism." The National Association of Independent Schools, which oversees accreditation standards for more than 1,600 American private schools, requires members to practice "cross-cultural competency" to promote "diversity, inclusion, equity, and justice."

ABIM's push for DEI has found its way into the most basic function of the organization, which is the certification of internal medicine practitioners. Internists must pass ABIM's Maintenance of Certification Exam every 10 years. As of April 2021, "health equity" questions are now included on all exams.

ABIM has not elaborated on the "health equity" questions it will pose, but it has dropped hints. Earlier this month, the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) released a list of "DEI competencies" that ABIM has endorsed. They include the practice of "allyship" in the face of "microaggression[s]" and call on residents to demonstrate their knowledge of "intersectionality" and "engage with systems to disrupt oppressive practices."

They are a set of medical education standards that are filled with the watchwords of identity politics and draw from the even more explicitly ideological report Advancing Health Equity: A Guide to Language, Narratives, and Concepts. ABIM endorsed these competencies, posting on Twitter that "ABIM stands with AAMC as they release their new DEI competencies to better care for patients. Future physicians will benefit from a better understanding of barriers and learn skills in how to be culturally responsive." Internists should hope that ABIM doesn't follow the AAMC's lead.

But ABIM's efforts go beyond certification requirements. "When ABIM decides to do something, it pours jet fuel on the issue," said a senior physician familiar with the board. "And over the last few years, it has chosen DEI, and in particular, anti-racism." The organization's Summer Forum last year, described by one physician as a gathering of the "who's who" of medicine, focused on "building trust" through DEI efforts.

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https://freebeacon.com/campus/how-one-medical-board-is-injecting-dei-into-all-aspects-of-medical-education/