Terminology
Historic Roots
Contemporary Medical Injustices/Solutions
Barriers In The Medical Field
Distrust
100

True or False: Implicit bias in the medical field is defined as medical myths leading a doctor to give better care for black patients compared to white patients

False. Doctors will give worse care for black patients compared to white patients

100

True or False: Black women are perceived as having a higher pain tolerance compared to other women

True

100

True or false: Affirmative action caused a decrease in 9% of Black people in the medical field

False. There was a decrease of 12% of Black people in the medical field

100

True or False: You receive anesthesia for IUD insertion.

False

200

The systematic discrimination of someone or a group of people based on their race 

Racism

200

insurance, once called Obamacare, that comes from employment, covers medication, and offers medicaid

Affordable Care Act

200

Group of people that were policed and devalued as unqualified 

Community healers

300

The unequal medical treatment of one due to their race.

Medical Racism

300

What is the name of "the father of gynecology" who conducted on Black women, with no anesthesia?

James Marion Sims

300

A practice that involves advocating for policies and practices that promote health equity.

Policy Advocacy 

300

The name of the woman who's cells were used for research without consent

Henrietta Lacks

400

Failure to recognize or correctly diagnose a disease or condition especially in a significant proportion of patients 

Under diagnosis 

400

A study conducted from 1932 to 1972 on black men with syphilis

Tuskegee Study

500

This term refers to the disproportionate burden of illness and premature death experienced by marginalized groups.

Health Disparities

500

Medical care withheld if Black patients weren’t sterilized 

Eugenics movement

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