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The maturation of competency-based approaches to curricular design and assessment provides an opportunity to reconceptualize the abilities required to practice medicine, foster the appropriate inclusion of physicians with disability, and better align medical education and training with broader societal needs and goals.In 2015, the Pritzker School of Medicine experienced increasing student interest in the changing sociopolitical landscape of the United States and the interaction of these events with student and patient identity. To address this interest, an Identity and Inclusion Steering Committee was formed and formally charged with "providing ongoing direction for programs and/or curricula at Pritzker that support an inclusive learning environment and promote respectful and effective communication with diverse patients and colleagues around issues of identity." The authors describe this committee's structure and steps taken by the committee to create an inclusive community of students at Pritzker characterized by learning through civil discourse. Initiatives were guided by a strategy of continuous quality improvement consisting of regular iterative evaluation, ongoing school-wide engagement, and responsiveness to issues and concerns as they emerged. Data collected over the committee's 4-year existence demonstrate significant improvement in students' sense of inclusion and respect for different perspectives on issues related to identity, such as access to health care, racialized medicine, safe spaces, and nursing labor strikes. SD-208 in vivo The authors discuss several principles that support the development of an inclusive community of students as well as challenges to the implementation of such programming. They conclude that a strategy of continuous quality improvement guided by values of social justice, tolerance, and civil discourse can build community inclusion and enhance medical training for the care of diverse patient populations.The prevalence of harmful bias and discrimination within the health professions is staggering. Moreover, literature consistently demonstrates their persistence and their negative impact on patient care. Several professional codes of conduct for health professionals highlight the importance of addressing these forces in practice. However, despite this, these forces are often discussed as tangential within health professions curricula. This paper examines the prevalence of bias and discrimination, its effects on patient care and health professions trainees, and reviews the historical context of societal bias and discrimination within the health professions institution. The authors argue that addressing harmful bias and discrimination is the professional responsibility of every provider and essential to effective and equitable care.A major goal of Healthy People 2020 is healthy equity, or the attainment of the highest level of health for all groups of people. Yet, disparities based on race remain the most persistent and difficult to address. Getting at the root causes of disparities, inequities, and injustices is essential for health equity to become a reality. The authors elucidate the urgent need for the nursing profession (and all health care professions) to push beyond cultural humility to structural competency and shift the focus from individuals to institutions, systems, practices, and policies to address racism, bias, and discrimination as root causes of disparities and inequities in health, health care delivery, and health care outcomes.Through a case study approach, the authors demonstrate the need for faculty to contextualize learning to help integrate the necessary historic and contemporary drivers of racism, bias, and discrimination into health care. They discuss strategies for faculty to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to teach about the importance of addressing structural racism and discrimination in health care. Through a "no shame, no blame" approach, the authors encourage faculty to develop the courage to engage with students, colleagues, other health care professionals, and communities in conversations about racism, bias, and discrimination.Bias and discrimination are embedded within the history, norms, and practices of the health professions institution, and their negative impacts are pervasive in the health professions learning environment. These forces impair the ability to take care of patients, recruit and support diverse health care providers, and prepare the next generation of clinicians for practice. Fortunately, there are effective interventions and strategies for addressing bias and discrimination within learning environments and to both prevent and ameliorate their negative effects. This Perspective lays out a vision for health professions learning environments that are free from bias and discrimination and makes 5 recommendations, with supporting actions, that will help the leaders of health care institutions achieve this goal.In recent years, there have been multiple publications about the dearth of Black men in medicine. Appreciating the fact that underrepresented minority physicians disproportionately care for America's underserved communities, the lack of diversity in health care is particularly disturbing. Of imminent concern is the critical shortage of Black men doctors. In this Perspective, the authors contend that while mentoring is often considered among the most important strategies to increase the number of Black men in medicine, unique challenges in this demographic can diminish its effectiveness. Among these challenges are below average primary school educational experiences and a general mistrust of society on the part of Black men, as well as difficulties overcoming stereotypes and social biases that others hold against them. Furthermore, acknowledging that mentorship is paramount in achieving success in the medical field, the authors provide a framework to assist mentors in recognizing and addressing situations and obstacles that may disrupt the mentoring relationship and hinder its potential to best serve Black men pursuing advancement in medicine. This framework is represented by the acronym RACE Reluctance to discuss race, Access to mentors, Cultural mistrust and racial concordance, and Empathy.