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Equity in Progress: Development of Health Equity Curricula in Three Psychiatry Residency Programs

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Dr. Goodsmith was supported by the VA Office of Academic Affiliations through the UCLA National Clinician Scholars Program. The contents do not represent the views of the US Department of Veterans Affairs or the US Government.

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  1. Codman Square Health Center, Boston, MA, USA

    Jessica Isom

  2. Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA

    Ayana Jordan, Flavia DeSouza & Robert Rohrbaugh

  3. VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Nichole Goodsmith

  4. Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA

    Morgan M. Medlock, Etuajie Halbert & Danielle Hairston

  5. University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Sonya M. Shadravan

  6. Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Enrico Castillo

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Isom, J., Jordan, A., Goodsmith, N. et al. Equity in Progress: Development of Health Equity Curricula in Three Psychiatry Residency Programs. Acad Psychiatry 45, 54–60 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40596-020-01390-y

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