Affirmative Action In Medical Schools: Article Analysis

With America’s growing population in the minority race, the healthcare field needed to reflect the change. Therefore, medical schools implemented affirmative action plans in order to address this issue. However, the controversy started to rise when white college applicants began to take legal action against public universities and medical over the admission process. While some people suggest affirmative action enhances students learning experiences, others argue that instead of using race as a factor they should use socioeconomic factors in the admission process. Nevertheless, while diversity is important in medical education, I have disagreements with certain aspects in affirmative action procedures. Cornell University Law School defines …show more content…
In Shaheen Emmanuel Lakhan’s article “Diversification of U.S. medical schools via affirmative action implementation”, he explains his position on the debate of affirmative action. He claims, “Medical schools have the societal responsibility to select and instruct the physician workforce of the future”, and goes on further to say “race must be taken into consideration to sustain a diverse student body” (. He clearly states that affirmative action is needed in medical education order to conform to the growing change in minority population. For this reason, supporters have also stated that diversity in medical education is …show more content…
Dr. Liliana M. Garces and David Pabello-Mickey state in their article “Racial Diversity in the Medical Profession: The Impact of Affirmative Action Bans on Underrepresented Student of Color Matriculation in Medical Schools” the importance of having racial diversity in medical education. They suggest, “Racial and ethnic diversity in medical school also prepares students to become better doctors” (269). Having a diverse learning experience enhances students because they will be able to provide patients of all racial