Teaching medical students to challenge 'unscientific' racial categories

Medical students looking to score high on their board exams sometimes get a bit of uncomfortable advice: Embrace racial stereotypes. “You see ‘African American,’ automatically just circle ‘sickle cell,’” said Nermine Abdelwahab, a first-year student at the University of Minnesota Medical School, recounting tips she’s heard from older classmates describing the “sad reality” of the tests.
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