Yale Psychiatry's Calhoun Shares Her Experience With Racism in the Medical Field

 Throughout her talk, Calhoun used statistics to illustrate evidence of racial bias in the medical system: Hospitals are more likely to suspect and report black and Latino families for child abuse, and more likely to avoid reporting comparable situations in white families. College graduate African American women are more likely to die from preventable childbirth complications than white high school dropouts. She also shared the findings of a 2016 survey where half of all white medical students surveyed believed at least one false statement about biological differences between blacks and whites, such as blacks having less sensitive nerve endings or a faster coagulation rate.

Amanda J. Calhoun, MD, MPH, a resident in the Albert J. Solnit Integrated Adult/Child Psychiatry program, was among a select group of speakers - and the only resident - chosen to share their narrative stories about the patient experience and working as a doctor at the Feb. 5 Pediatric Grand Rounds.

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Yale Psychiatry's Calhoun Shares Her Experiences With Racism in the Medical Field

Amanda J. Calhoun, MD, MPH, a resident in the Albert J. Solnit Integrated Adult/Child Psychiatry program, was among a select group of speakers - and the only resident - chosen to share their narrative stories about the patient experience and working as a doctor at the Feb. 5 Pediatric Grand Rounds.