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AGENCY TESTIMONY
Importance of representation in medicine
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Dr. Green emphasizes the critical importance of representation in medicine, highlighting the current disparities and the unique position of CUNY School of Medicine in addressing these issues.
- Nearly 80% of medical students nationally come from the top 2 quintiles of household incomes
- In New York City, 50% of the population is Black or Hispanic, but these groups represent only 16% of the city's physician workforce
- CUNY School of Medicine is working to address these disparities through its diverse student body and focus on underrepresented groups in medicine
Carmen Renée Green
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A core value at CUNY School of Medicine is that representation matter.
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Yet, medicine continues to lag behind.
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Nearly 80% of medical school, medical students in this country come from the top 2 quintiles of household incomes, with almost 25% coming from the top 5% of household incomes.
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This is not our students.
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In New York City, 50% of the city's population is black or Hispanic.
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But these groups represent only 16% of the city's physician workforce.
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The traditional pipeline into medicine remains leaky, sometimes broken for minority and low income students.