A new report titled “How Medical Schools are Forcing DEI Orthodoxy on Future Physicians,” says the top medical schools in the country are pressuring students to conform leftist ideological frameworks under the banner of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).
“Medical schools must return to their core mission: training skilled, knowledgeable, and ethical physicians, not ideological activists,” said Speech First who conducted the report.
Launched back in 2018, Speech First consists of an association of students, parents and faculty alumni.
The group says commitments to DEI have become a standard feature across medical schools nationwide, encompassing three demands.
1 .Racial Justice Mandate: Students are required to follow DEI guidelines and requirements, microaggression trainings, and adopt a worldview that frames whites as inherently racist and physicians as agents of social reform. All while tasked with addressing historical injustices against minority groups.
2. Gender Ideology Mandate: Medical schools nationwide are embedding gender ideology into courses, clerkships, and policies, requiring students to affirm patients’ gender identities. This includes chosen pronouns, supporting social or medical transitions, and recognizing gender identity over biological sex—even for children.
3. Weight Inclusivity Mandate: Under social justice framework, students are trained to approach obesity through sensitivity guidelines that deny the link between weight and health. Physicians are pressured to prioritize affirming obese patients’ experiences over addressing underlying health concerns.
“Although multiple states have taken steps to remove DEI from education, this report highlights that the problem runs deep and requires a concerted effort to truly eradicate it from higher education. Discrimination on the basis of race and sex is always wrong – and to find it used so extensively in the medical field is particularly appalling. It’s clear that steps need to be taken by policymakers at both the state and federal level to end these noxious practices, because patients and physicians alike deserve better,” said Nicole Neily, Acting Executive Director of Speech First.
