David Acosta
Biographic Data
| ID | 233449 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David Acosta |
| GIVEN NAMES | David |
| FAMILY NAME | Acosta |
| SIGNATURE | ACOSTA D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Association of American Medical Colleges, Washington, District of Columbia |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7457-5438 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Building an Equity-Centered Ecosystem
Academic medicine, and medicine in general, are less diverse than the general patient population. Family Medicine, while still lagging behind the general population, has the most diversity in leadership and in the specialty in general, and continues to lead in this effort, with 16.7% of chairs identifying as underrepresented in medicine. Historical and current systematic marginalization of Black or African American, Latina/e/o/x, Hispanic or of S…
Teaching Medical Spanish to Improve Population Health
The authors propose three structural elements that should be considered when incorporating or enhancing medical Spanish education in medical schools: institutional endorsement of the role of medical Spanish education within a national health disparities context; precourse proficiency testing to establish student starting level; and learner postcourse communications skills and limitations assessment to provide individualized recommendations and as…
Strategies for Teaching Linguistic Preparedness for Physicians
In accordance with Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) curriculum content standards, medical schools are expected to teach physician communication skills and cultural competence. Given the sustained U.S. Spanish-speaking population growth, importance of language in diagnosis, and benefits of patient-physician language concordance, addressing LCME standards equitably should involve linguistic preparedness education. The authors present s…
Queer Brown Voices
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Queer Brown Voices
Teaching Medical Spanish to Improve Population Health
The authors propose three structural elements that should be considered when incorporating or enhancing medical Spanish education in medical schools: institutional endorsement of the role of medical Spanish education within a national health disparities context; precourse proficiency testing to establish student starting level; and learner postcourse communications skills and limitations assessment to provide individualized recommendations and as…
Strategies for Teaching Linguistic Preparedness for Physicians
In accordance with Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) curriculum content standards, medical schools are expected to teach physician communication skills and cultural competence. Given the sustained U.S. Spanish-speaking population growth, importance of language in diagnosis, and benefits of patient-physician language concordance, addressing LCME standards equitably should involve linguistic preparedness education. The authors present s…
Building an Equity-Centered Ecosystem
Academic medicine, and medicine in general, are less diverse than the general patient population. Family Medicine, while still lagging behind the general population, has the most diversity in leadership and in the specialty in general, and continues to lead in this effort, with 16.7% of chairs identifying as underrepresented in medicine. Historical and current systematic marginalization of Black or African American, Latina/e/o/x, Hispanic or of S…
Medical education (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Cultural Competency in Health Care (2 works) · Environmental health (2 works) · Family medicine (2 works) · Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare (2 works) · Narrative (2 works) · Population (2 works) · Psychology (2 works)