Diversity of Skin Images in Medical Texts: Recommendations for Student Advocacy in Medical Education

Foundational academic medical texts facilitate foundational understanding of disease recognition in medical students. Significant underrepresentation of darker skin tones and overrepresentation of lighter skin tones in dermatologic texts, general medical texts, and scientific literature is observed....

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Trisha Kaundinya, Roopal V Kundu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2021-06-01
Series:Journal of Medical Education and Curricular Development
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/23821205211025855