How Do Weapons Screening Programs Reduce Armed Hospital Assault? A Scoping Review of Public Health Principles.

Purpose: Healthcare organizations are increasingly piloting weapons screening programs (WSPs) like metal detectors (MDs) to combat rising hospital workplace violence (WPV). This study identifies, analyzes, and concisely reports how the extant body of literature supports the ability of WSPs' to reduce absolute rates of hospital WPV according to public health principles.

Methods: We searched six online databases from July 2023 to December 2024 for full-length papers and abstracts of original research regarding WSPs at public entrances to US hospitals.

Development of a Tool to Measure Student Perceptions of Equity and Inclusion in Medical Schools.

Importance: Creating an inclusive and equitable learning environment is a national priority. Nevertheless, data reflecting medical students' perception of the climate of equity and inclusion are limited.

Objective: To develop and validate an instrument to measure students' perceptions of the climate of equity and inclusion in medical school using data collected annually by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC).

The Long Shadow: A Historical Perspective on Racism in Medical Education.

To dismantle racism in U.S. medical education, people must understand how the history of Christian Europe, Enlightenment-era racial science, colonization, slavery, and racism shaped modern American medicine.

Racial and Ethnic Differences in Internal Medicine Residency Assessments.

Importance: Previous studies have demonstrated racial and ethnic inequities in medical student assessments, awards, and faculty promotions at academic medical centers. Few data exist about similar racial and ethnic disparities at the level of graduate medical education.

Objective: To examine the association between race and ethnicity and performance assessments among a national cohort of internal medicine residents.

Revisiting the Exhibits-Medical Student Reflections on Changes to the Institutional Portraiture at a US Medical School.

Background: Yale School of Medicine's (YSM) Sterling Hall of Medicine (SHM) has historically been lined with large oil paintings of mostly White men, despite over a century of Black and female enrollment. These spaces can be seen as exclusionary to students underrepresented in medicine, and may result in decreased well-being and adversely affect academic performance. Student-led activism has resulted in recent changes to these walls, including the addition of images of women faculty, and artwork by students, faculty, and staff.

The Association of Microaggressions with Depressive Symptoms and Institutional Satisfaction Among a National Cohort of Medical Students.

Background: Despite substantial research on medical student mistreatment, there is scant quantitative data on microaggressions in US medical education.

Objective: To assess US medical students' experiences of microaggressions and how these experiences influenced students' mental health and medical school satisfaction.

Design And Participants: We conducted a cross-sectional, online survey of US medical students' experiences of microaggressions.

Blackface in White Space: Using Admissions to Address Racism in Medical Education.

Given the long history and pervasive nature of racism in medical culture, this essay argues that diversifying efforts alone cannot address systemic racism in medical education. Positive affirmation of anti-racist values and racial consciousness in the admissions process is necessary to create a truly inclusive culture in medical education and begin to undo centuries of racial prejudice in medicine. Drawing from historic examples, scholarship on the sociology of racialized space, recent research on race and medical education, and personal experience, we propose that medical educational institutions make a more concerted effort to consider racial attitudes and awareness as part of the admissions process as well as curricular reform efforts.

Colorblind Algorithms: Racism in the Era of COVID-19.

This commentary offers a critique of the recent policy document issued by White et al. (2020) to guide critical care resource (e.g.