Core Competencies of an Anti-racist Physician: Elective Course for Undergraduate Medical Students.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Medical schools seeking to correct and reform curricula towards anti-racist perspectives need to address anti-Black forms of racism specifically and teach students critical upstander skills to interrupt manifestations of racism. We developed a course to teach preclinical medical students basic anti-racism competencies including recognition and awareness of anti-Black racism in medicine and upstander skills to advocate for patients and colleagues.

Methods

In 2021 and 2022, we designed, implemented, and evaluated an elective course for second-year medical students (N = 149) to introduce competencies of anti-racism focusing on upstander skills for addressing anti-Blackness. We designed three patient cases and one student-centered case to illustrate manifesta

SUBMITTER: Williams JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11219086 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature