“Teaching Anti-Racism in the Clinical Environment: The Five-Minute Moment for Racial Justice in Healthcare” was originally published in the April 2023 issue of The American Journal of Medicine.
Abstract
Dismantling racism in health care demands that medical education promote racial justice throughout all stages of medical training. However, racial bias can be fostered unintentionally, influencing the way we make decisions as clinicians with downstream effects on patient health and health equity. The development of any anti-racism curriculum in medicine requires the ability to identify racial bias in practices we have not previously recognized as explicitly racist or unjust. This has limited the creation and delivery of effective anti-racism education in health care.
Clinical Significance
- Radical transformation of the medical education landscape is needed to disrupt structural racism in health care.
- Many practicing physicians are unaware of the present-day practices that perpetuate racial bias and contribute to health care disparities.
- A structured framework on how to teach this expansive topic in the clinical learning environment can be an effective way to engage learners in real time as they encounter teachable moments with patients …
— Samantha X.Y. Wang, MD, MHS, Kevin Chi, MD, Megha Shankar, MD, Sonoo Thadaney Israni, MBA, Abraham Verghese, MD, Donna M. Zulman, MD, MS
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