Table 1. Representation of Skin Color in Each Preclinical Medical School Course.
|
Course Title a |
Total Number of Images, n |
Images of Light/White Skin Color, n (%) |
Images of Medium/Brown Skin Color,n (%) |
Image s of Dark/Black Skin Color, n (%) |
|
All images |
1,660 |
1,183 (71.3) |
267 (16.1) |
210 (12.7) |
|
Dermatology |
510 |
301 (59.0) |
95 (18.6) |
114 (22.4) |
|
Medical Microbiology |
157 |
107 (68.2) |
29 (18.5) |
21 (13.4) |
|
Immunology in Health & Disease |
118 |
95 (80.5) |
15 (12.7) |
8 (6.8) |
|
Musculoskeletal |
95 |
83 (87.4) |
10 (10.5) |
2 (2.1) |
|
Advanced Physical Exam |
89 |
57 (64.0) |
16 (18.0) |
16 (18.0) |
|
Introduction to Physical Exam |
82 |
68 (82.9) |
11 (13.4) |
3 (3.7) |
|
Tissues in Health & Disease |
71 |
54 (76.1) |
14 (19.7) |
3 (4.2) |
|
Endocrinology |
64 |
52 (81.3) |
7 (10.9) |
5 (7.8) |
|
Digestion & Nutrition |
58 |
45 (77.6) |
9 (15.5) |
4 (6.9) |
|
Medical Anatomy |
51 |
37 (72.5) |
10 (19.6) |
4 (7.8) |
|
Reproductive & Developmental Biology |
51 |
42 (82.4) |
3 (5.9) |
6 (11.8) |
|
Pulmonary |
50 |
44 (88.0) |
6 (12.0) |
0 (0.0) |
|
Neuroscience |
45 |
39 (86.7) |
6 (13.3) |
0 (0.0) |
|
Human Genetics |
39 |
31 (79.5) |
4 (10.3) |
4 (10.3) |
|
Renal |
29 |
22 (75.9) |
4 (13.8) |
3 (10.3) |
|
Cardiology |
28 |
19 (67.9) |
8 (28.6) |
1 (3.6) |
|
Psychiatry |
24 |
17 (70.8) |
6 (25.0) |
1 (4.2) |
|
Fuel Metabolism |
20 |
15 (75.0) |
2 (10.0) |
3 (15.0) |
|
Clinical Experiences |
17 |
12 (70.6) |
3 (17.6) |
2 (11.8) |
|
Behavioral Medicine |
16 |
12 (75.0) |
2 (12.5) |
2 (12.5) |
|
Pharmacology |
14 |
9 (64.3) |
0 (0.0) |
5 (35.7) |
|
Ethics, Law and Professionalism |
11 |
7 (63.6) |
2 (18.2) |
2 (18.2) |
|
Population Health |
10 |
5 (50.0) |
4 (40.0) |
1 (10.0) |
|
Hematology |
9 |
8 (88.9) |
1 (11.1) |
0 (0.0) |
|
Evidence Based Medicine |
1 |
1 (100.0) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
|
Introduction to Being a Physician |
1 |
1 (100.0) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
aPreclinical courses that did not have images that met inclusion criteria (n=8) are not listed.