Pre-med advice for the culture
our mission:
Help the culture
get the white coat
"From Dishwasher to Doctor" I grew up within blocks of Ferguson, Missouri. My journey into medicine started in the food and nutrition staff at my local hospital. From digging ditches, baking cakes, and starting med school 36 weeks pregnant I refused to let hardships keep me from my white coat dreams. In 2018, I made history becoming the FIRST BLACK FEMALE family medicine physhician in my hospital's 130 year history. Now that I have my whitecoat, I've made it my mission to help more black and brown aspiring doctors get theirs
SEE PROJECT DIVERSIFY MEDICINE IN ACTION
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Race and Medicine
It's not a hidden secret that minorities have lacked representation in the doctor workforce. Far too often, our absence has been acknowledged, yet the "school to white coat " pipeline is still broken for aspiring doctors of color.
Efforts and programs have been made, yet not far-reaching enough to bridge the massive gap in diversity in the medical field.
Diversity in medicine has been more of an optional checkbox than a mandate to ensure protection of black and brown bodies that have been historically received poor access to quality health care.
PRODUCTS & SERVICES
JOIN THE PRE-MED
TRAP LAB
MED SCHOOL APPLICATION REVIEW POWER SESSION
PRE-MCAT GAMEPLAN
Designed to help Black and Brown Pre-Meds create a strong medical school application
PDM APPAREL STORE
our initiatives
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pre-med membership service
doctor power hour
We know many aspiring minorities doctors will be 1st generation doctors and lack access to speak with other doctors to ask questions about their premed journey.
Doctor Power Hour hosted by Dr. Denmark @ProjectDiversifyMedicine strives to alleviate this problematic barrier with live Q and A sessions about the premed journey from a doctor's perspective.
OLIVIA'S DOCTOR ADVENTURES
Written by Founder of Project Diversify Medicine Dr. Ashley Denmark, Olivia Doctor Adventures serves as early exposure to the medical field for children ages 4 and up. This book teaches children about various specialties in medicine from neurosurgery, anesthesiology, OB-GYN, dentistry and pharmacy.
documentary
Project Diversify Medicine and Founder Dr. Ashley Denmark were featured in a documentary in 2019, entitled Empowered Voices: More Than Enough to Heal. This documentary created by American Heart Association which explores the impact of black doctors, the shortage of minority doctors, value of HBCU's in premed education and strengthening the minority pipeline to medical school.
Join a pre-med membership service designed to help urm aspiring doctors go from applicant to admitted medical students. We inject culture into our pre-med courses and trainings to create an inclusive environment that empowers black and brown aspiring doctors
HAUS OF WELLNESS
Mental health and self-care is a MUST, especially if you are doctor or an aspiring doctor!!! Burnout is a real thing yall which is why we created the haus of wellness to give doctors and white coat chasers the tools needed to keep your mind right and to "mind your mentals"
ADVOCACY
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EAST END EQUITY ACT- HOWARD UNIV. COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
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HEALTH CAREERS OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM (HCOP)
Project Diversify Medicine has leveraged our voice to enact change at the legislative level through letter writing campaigns to advocate for the passing of legislation to help preserve the training hospital for Howard University College of Medicine which serves as one of the largest producers of black doctors. We also played an integral role in saving the Health Careers Opportunity Program which was on the verge of being defended by the U.S. Senate until our community voiced the need to preserve this pipeline for aspiring minority doctors through a letter writing campaign.
OUR CALL TO ACTION
CREATING BLACK AND BROWN DOCTORS TO HEAL OUR CULTURE
CRISIS: SHORTAGE OF BROWN AND BLACK DOCTORS
Historically, black and brown doctors have lacked representation in the medical field. Research has shown minority doctors are more likely to serve undeserved communities and have cultural competence that improves compliance amongst minorities. Thus, our lack of presence in the medical has resulted in minorities having higher incidence of poor health outcomes and lack of access to medical care.
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Matriculants to U.S. Med Schools
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White: 10,181
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Asian: 4,687
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Black: 1,626
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Hispanic: 1,412
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American Indian or Alaska Native:44
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Pacific Islander: 13
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Number of U.S. Med School Applicant
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White: 23.456
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Black: 4,418
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Hispanic: 3,350
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American Indian or Alaska Native: 89
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Pacific Islander: 42
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Currently there are over 1,000,000 active physicians in the US however......
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5% of physicians are black
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only 2% are black female
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5% of physicians Latino
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only 2% are Hispanic females
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<1 % are Native American
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LET'S CONNECT
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Matriculants to U.S. Med Schools
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White: 10,181
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Asian: 4,687
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Black: 1,626
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Hispanic: 1,412
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American Indian or Alaska Native:44
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Pacific Islander: 13
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