It is well-established that race is a social construct that has little to no biological relevance in the absence of context such as the significant impact of the social, political, and environmental systems that contribute to health and health inequities. However, pharmacy school curricula often misrepresent race as the basis of disease diagnosis and reinforce race-based clinical guidelines without contextualization. Pharmacy schools, through the partnership of students and faculty, should 1) contextualize the mention of race and the differences in disease burden, and 2) provide evidence for race-based guidelines and clinical decision-making in education materials. In this way, we can work to halt the perpetuation of teaching bias to future healthcare professionals.
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