Colorado Matters: April 13, 2023: ‘Black men in white coats’ increases diversity in medicine

Black men make up roughly three percent of doctors in the United States; an initiative on the University of Colorado’s Anschutz campus is answering the call to increase diversity in medicine….Shanta Zimmer, senior associate dean for education: “What Black Men in White Coats really does is shine a light on the disparities in the number of black men and women who have gone into the field of medicine, while the percentage of the U.S. population that identifies as Black has increased over time, the representation in medicine has lagged behind quite a bit.”