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Medical schools in the United States are revising their training programs to address disparities in healthcare outcomes. New curriculum initiatives include courses on health disparities, bias in clinical decision making, and social determinants of health. These reforms respond to research showing that historical assumptions in medical education may influence how physicians interpret patient symptoms and provide treatment.
Healthcare disparities in the United States have deep historical roots. From early medical experimentation on enslaved people to persistent myths about pain tolerance, racial bias has influenced medical education and treatment decisions for generations.
Modern research continues to show disparities in pain treatment and maternal mortality rates affecting Black patients.
