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Apply for a WCBD Event Grant.By sharing your stories and hosting events, black medical students can create a community of support among medical students, physicians, and pre-meds that spans the miles and generations between medical careers.
You can also help to educate others whose experiences are different than yours, and engender a more inclusive, tolerant, and cooperative medical community. WCBD will sponsor events (including community service projects) hosted by two or more medical students at any medical school in the country. For full details on the application process and requirements, click the link to your left and download the application form. |
#WhyBlackDocsWhy do we need more black physicians in the medical field? Only 5% of all physicians are of African-American descent, while the country's population is composed 13.2% African-Americans. The AAMC has shown over many years that not only are African-American physicians more likely to work in underserved communities, increasing typically maligned populations' access to healthcare.
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