Importance and impact of diversity in paediatric medical education

Despite the increasing diversity of the UK population, we continue to see inequalities in health outcomes in patients of ethnic minorities. Unfortunately, this increasing diversity is not reflected in educational resources, which often continue to feature few images of patients with darker skin tone...

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Published inArchives of disease in childhood. Education and practice edition Vol. 107; no. 6; pp. 455 - 457
Main Authors Shanmugavadivel, Dhurgshaarna, Buonsenso, Danilo, Chantiluke, Kaylita, Arora, Michelle
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health 01.12.2022
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Anemia
Children & youth
Collaboration
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Cyanosis
Dermatology
Ethnicity
Internet resources
jaundice
Learning and Teaching
Medical education
Medical research
Mortality
Multiculturalism & pluralism
Patient satisfaction
Pediatrics
Professionals
Race
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Summary:Despite the increasing diversity of the UK population, we continue to see inequalities in health outcomes in patients of ethnic minorities. Unfortunately, this increasing diversity is not reflected in educational resources, which often continue to feature few images of patients with darker skin tones. Given the lack of diversity in these resources, it is unsurprising that healthcare professionals find it challenging recognising, diagnosing and managing presentations of clinical conditions in darker skinned patients. The development of new online, accessible image banks of medical conditions in different skin tones, such as Skin Deep, aims to facilitate increasing diversity in educational materials and hence improve delivery of equal standards of care to all patients.
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ISSN:1743-0585
1743-0593
DOI:10.1136/archdischild-2020-320796