Yousef "Dr. Yo-Yo" Turshani, witnessed the protests of summer 2020 and sensed an opportunity. He leveraged his role on the Pediatrics Exam committee of the American Board of Pediatrics to make a change that could have national implications. What is on the Board exam directly influences what residencies believe matters; what is taught or valued. That influences the students who learn from the docs and thereby all who work with pediatricians.

Dr. Yo-Yo assembled a group of physician-scholars on Racism who he led for over nine months to create the first questions specifically on race, racism, and the social determinants of health onto a national physician board exam, for pediatricians. They will first appear on exams in the fall of 2022.