The Medical College of Wisconsin had a “Race Matters Workshop,” which included a course on overcoming inherent biases in medicine, according to Campus Reform. The course, titled “The Good Doctor,” is tied to professionalism and ethics, requiring a demonstration of inherent bias and how it affects patient interactions.
Do No Harm also reports that the workshop had these students read a resolution called “Racism is a Public Health Crisis.” The resolution is affiliated with the Wisconsin Public Health Association, and it states that is the responsibility of public health to “actively engage in racial justice work” by altering their discourse and agenda.
Campus Reform further reports that Do No Harm has launched the Center for Accountability in Medicine, which ranks medical schools on academic rigor while avoiding identity politics. The center found that institutions with low rankings do not prioritize academic excellence and are dedicated to DEI practices.
Dr. Kurt Miceli is the medical director of Do No Harm. He says that the purpose of a medical education is to develop competent professional physicians. Furthermore, it is not a place to train social justice warriors.
“It's classes like ‘Race Matters Workshop’ that just diverts attention from learning how to provide good quality care, being an excellent physician and instead are pushing a political agenda," states Miceli.
He says that false assertions sow unnecessary mistrust into the doctor-patient relationship and have no place in medical education.
"That's a huge problem. It's a problem that erodes trust. It creates significant difficulty, and it's just flatly wrong. So, the implicit association test that is the underpinning of this idea of unconscious bias is so flawed in and of itself," states Miceli.
