{"id":18978,"date":"2020-09-30T15:24:18","date_gmt":"2020-09-30T15:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/pnr\/?p=18978"},"modified":"2026-02-03T18:45:37","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T18:45:37","slug":"nnlm-reading-club-explores-diversity-in-medicine-in-october","status":"archive","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/nnlm-reading-club-explores-diversity-in-medicine-in-october\/","title":{"rendered":"NNLM Reading Club Explores Diversity in Medicine in October"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cFor I know that diversity is important, not based just on gender, or your race or ethnicity, but your unique experiences, your perspectives and solutions that you bring to the table. \u2026 Don’t shy away from your experiences, your challenges, your joys. Yes, they are wonderfully complicated, but they shape who you are.\u201d\u00a0 <\/em>~Valerie Montgomery Rice, MD, President and Dean of Morehouse School of Medicine [1]<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>About 13 percent of the U.S. population identify as Black or African American, but only 5 percent of active physicians do. Eighteen percent of people list themselves as Hispanic or Latino while the representation among doctors is less than 6 percent. [2]<\/a> [3]<\/a> In order to talk about diversity and equity in health care, we must also discuss diversity and equity in the medical profession.<\/p>\n

For the month of October, the NNLM Reading Club recommends three memoirs that explore the personal experiences of physicians of color.<\/p>\n

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Becoming Dr. Q: My Journey from Migrant Farm Worker to Brain Surgeon<\/em> by Alfredo Qui\u00f1ones-Hinojosa, MD l Black Man in a White Coat: A Doctor’s Reflection on Race and Medicine<\/em> by Damon Tweedy, MD l The Beauty in Breaking: A Memoir<\/em> by Michele Harper, MD<\/p><\/div>\n

Becoming Dr. Q: My Journey from Migrant Farm Worker to Brain Surgeon <\/em>by Alfredo Qui\u00f1ones-Hinojosa, MD, traces the author\u2019s journey from child in a Mexican village to migrant farmworker in California to brain surgeon and researcher. Black Man in a White Coat: A Doctor’s Reflection on Race and Medicine <\/em>by Damon Tweedy, MD, looks at how both Black doctors and patients must navigate the difficult and often contradictory terrain of race and medicine. Finally, The Beauty in Breaking: A Memoir <\/em>by Michele Harper, MD, recounts the experiences of an African American emergency room doctor amid personal struggles that include her history with an abusive father and racial conflict faced in the ER ward.<\/p>\n

To learn more about these books and their authors and<\/em> to find related information from the National Library of Medicine and other authoritative sources, visit\u00a0NNLM Reading Club\u2019s Racism and Health: Diversity in Medicine.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

[1]<\/a> Rappleye, E. (2018, June 4). Eight inspiring quotes from 2018 medical school graduation speeche<\/a>s<\/em>. Retrieved September 28, 2020, from Becker’s Hospital Review.<\/p>\n

[2]<\/a> U.S. Census Bureau. ACS Demographic and Housing Estimates<\/em>.<\/a> Retrieved September 28, 2020, from United States Census Bureau.<\/p>\n

[3]<\/a> Association of American Medical Colleges. Diversity in Medicine: Facts and Figures 2019<\/em><\/a>. Retrieved September 28, 2020, from AAMC.<\/p>\n

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\u201cFor I know that diversity is important, not based just on gender, or your race or ethnicity, but your unique experiences, your perspectives and solutions that you bring to the table. \u2026 Don’t shy away from your experiences, your challenges, your joys. Yes, they are wonderfully complicated, but they shape who you are.\u201d\u00a0 ~Valerie Montgomery… Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1172,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[94,9,4,11],"tags":[95,119,185,283,57,178,124],"class_list":["post-18978","post","type-post","status-archive","format-standard","hentry","category-all-of-us","category-health-literacy","category-regional-news","category-public-libraries","tag-all-of-us","tag-consumer-health","tag-diversity","tag-equity-inclusion","tag-health-literacy","tag-nnlm-reading-club","tag-public-library"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1172"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18978"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18978\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18981,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18978\/revisions\/18981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}