Mdedge Psychcast

Anique K. Forrester, MD, joins host Lorenzo Norris, MD, to discuss the importance of continuing to work in academic medicine. Dr. Forrester is assistant professor at the University of Maryland, Baltimore. She also serves as director of the consultation-liaison psychiatry fellowship at the university. Dr. Norris and Dr. Forrester have no conflicts of interest. Take-home points Dr. Forrester recently wrote an article in the New England Journal of Medicine discussing minority underrepresentation in academic medicine and the persistent labor of love required to stay in departments that do not explicitly value diversity. Underrepresented minority colleagues leave for many reasons, and Dr. Forrester highlights the issues of invisibility, lack of mentorship and support, and burden of microaggressions. Dr. Forrester focused her article on why she stays in academic medicine, feeling that it is critical her voice is heard; she knows her presence has changed the tone and outcome of issues. As she says: “One of the thin