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Resources for Education Champions

Action Collaborative for Black Men in Medicine

Educators are critical partners in guiding our young men toward becoming our future doctors.  

Whether you are an advisor, student affairs professional, faculty, or another dedicated partner, this page will give you guidance on resources and services to aid in applying to medical school at every stage of the process.

Action Collaborative for Black Men in Medicine

This report details over 40 strategies addressing the premedical, academic medicine, and sociocultural factors influencing the experiences of Black men on the pathway to becoming a physician.

Action Collaborative for Black Men in Medicine

This grant aims to develop innovative, replicable, systems-based solutions to increase the representation and engagement of Black men in medicine in Illinois.

Action Collaborative for Black Men in Medicine

Holistic review refers to mission-aligned admissions or selection processes that consider a broad range of factors when reviewing applications.

Action Collaborative for Black Men in Medicine

This seminar helps assistant professors build leadership skills, explore pathways for career advancement, and network with peers in a culturally responsive environment.

Medical Education

The HPNEC is an alliance of over 90 organizations representing schools, programs, health professionals, and students dedicated to training the health care workforce.

Resources for Mentors

Action Collaborative for Black Men in Medicine

The SHPEP is a free summer program for students in which they can explore their interests in medicine, dentistry, nursing, optometry, pharmacy, physical therapy, and public health.

Action Collaborative for Black Men in Medicine

Created in collaboration with the NAF, Navigating a Career in Medicine is intended to help support young students in pursuit of a career in medicine.

Action Collaborative for Black Men in Medicine

Tour for Diversity in Medicine brings premedical enrichment activities to undergraduate students from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds at campuses across the United States.

Action Collaborative for Black Men in Medicine

Black and Latino Men in Medicine supports and provides mentorship for Black and Latino men interested in medicine and science.

Action Collaborative for Black Men in Medicine

Mentoring in Medicine equips students to become health care professionals through leadership development, civic engagement, and mentorship.

Action Collaborative for Black Men in Medicine

This video identifies misconceptions in the prehealth community about the admissions process and the "perfect applicant” and provides guidance to prehealth advisors when advising students.

Data and Reports

Action Collaborative for Black Men in Medicine

Data on U.S. medical school applicants, matriculants, enrollments, and graduates, as well as data on MD-PhD students, residency, and residency applicants.

Action Collaborative for Black Men in Medicine

This report helps academic medical leaders rethink and renew existing initiatives, including reviewing and updating admissions policies and practices, creative thinking about formal and informal efforts to engage Black men and their communities, and more.

Action Collaborative for Black Men in Medicine

This is an overview of the process for leveraging collective impact to build an action agenda that ensures Black men have equal access, opportunity, and support to succeed, with a focus on pre-health advising and leadership accountability.

Action Collaborative for Black Men in Medicine

This JAMA viewpoint discusses how the disproportionate effect of COVID-19 on African Americans and communities of color has shone a new light on the more than century-old struggle to increase the number of Black physicians in the United States.

Action Collaborative for Black Men in Medicine

Proceedings of a Joint Workshop addressing challenges and barriers for Black men’s entry into the medical profession. Learn how medical schools, philanthropies, and government can address the absence of Black men in medicine.

Action Collaborative for Black Men in Medicine

Proceedings published by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine corresponding to a briefing on the subject of Black men and medicine with the Congressional Black Caucus in Washington, D.C.