When I say … health equity

Affiliations

Maranda C Ward et al. Med Educ. 2023 Feb.

. 2023 Feb;57(2):121-122.

doi: 10.1111/medu.14962. Epub 2022 Nov 3.

¹ School of Medicine and Health Sciences, The George Washington University, Washington, D.C., USA.

Abstract

Ward and Ganjoo outline a definition of health equity to note its importance for clinical practice, teaching, research and community‐engagement.

Project-based learning in teaching health equity: a qualitative study.
Puspadewi N, Rukmini E, Anastasia G, Kurniawan CD, Amanta G. Puspadewi N, et al. Korean J Med Educ. 2025 Jun;37(2):119-131. doi: 10.3946/kjme.2025.329. Epub 2025 May 29. Korean J Med Educ. 2025. PMID: 40468490 Free PMC article.
Anti-racist strategies for clinical and translational research: Design, implementation, and lessons learned from a new course.
Heard-Garris NJ, Brown JF, Ewulonu UC, Goel MS, Gordon AS, Henley C, Khan SS, Smith SM, McColley SA. Heard-Garris NJ, et al. J Clin Transl Sci. 2022 Dec 22;7(1):e26. doi: 10.1017/cts.2022.524. eCollection 2023. J Clin Transl Sci. 2022. PMID: 36721401 Free PMC article.

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