How can physicians convince Black patients to take the COVID-19 vaccine?
“How can we, as physicians, convince Black patients to take the COVID-19 vaccine?” my residency interviewer asked me, a Black fourth-year Johns Hopkins medical student.
I paused. I couldn’t help but wonder if the interviewer had asked all of the other applicants this question, or just me, the sole Black applicant interviewing amongst eight other colleagues. Nevertheless, I entered the field of medicine with the hopes of promoting health equity in …