Jada Bussey-Jones

TL;DR: In this article, the authors recommend a number of elements to strengthen cultural competency education in medical schools, intended to promote an active and integrated approach to multicultural issues throughout medical school training.

TL;DR: This report presents the work of the Society of General Internal Medicine Health Disparities Task Force to develop guidelines for medical education on disparities in health and health care, and provides learning objectives, suggested content, methods for teaching, and a set of current resources.

TL;DR: The authors describe the formation and organization of the Internal Medicine Research Group at Emory (IMeRGE), an innovative peer mentoring group within the Division of General Medicine at Emories University, and present the paradigm of IMeRGE as a template for alternative forms of academic mentorship.

TL;DR: Factors associated with provision of tissue samples reflected many previously identified demographic factors (race and trust) and interventions to improve and demonstrate the trustworthiness of the research team and recruitment of subjects with a record of sample donation might enhance future study participation.

TL;DR: Despite very positive attitudes of these participants toward genetic research, there is significant variation based on participant characteristics, which should encourage and caution researchers attempting to recruit prior participants into genetic studies.