Woke Accreditors Are Coming for Medical Schools

Medical schools must be woke or lose their accreditation. That’s the threat their administrators are making to state lawmakers who want to get divisive and discriminatory ideology out of these institutions. It’s the latest sign that America’s accreditation regime has been captured by radical activists, and in the case of medical education, their dominance is a direct threat to patient health.

My organization has encountered this threat when testifying in favor of state bills this year. Multiple states are advancing legislation that would bar publicly funded medical schools from requiring that students learn “diversity, equity, and inclusion.” They would be further blocked from forcing faculty members or students to ascribe to these beliefs. Medical schools would also have to require the MCAT for applicants, which many medical schools are abandoning in the name of diversity. These reforms are designed to uphold the highest standards of excellence and ethics in medical education.

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Stanley Goldfarb

Stanley Goldfarb, a former associate dean at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, is the chairman of Do No Harm.

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Medical schools must be woke or lose their accreditation. That’s the threat their administrators are making to state lawmakers who want to get divisive and discriminatory ideology out of these institutions. It’s the latest sign that America’s accreditation regime has been captured by radical activists, and in the case of medical education, their dominance is a direct threat to patient health.

My organization has encountered this threat when testifying in favor of state bills this year. Multiple states are advancing legislation that would bar publicly funded medical schools from requiring that students learn “diversity, equity, and inclusion.” They would be further blocked from forcing faculty members or students to ascribe to these beliefs. Medical schools would also have to require the MCAT for applicants, which many medical schools are abandoning in the name of diversity. These reforms are designed to uphold the highest standards of excellence and ethics in medical education.