Exploring the literature on racism and health practitioner regulation: a scoping review protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Racism in healthcare leads to significant harm to healthcare professionals and the clients, families and communities they serve. Increasingly, health practitioner regulators-responsible for protecting the public and ensuring practitioner competence-are recognising the importance of reforming policies and practices to contribute to antiracist regulatory approaches. Examples of this work include developing specific standards of practice related to antiracism and antidiscrimination, supporting education and training, re-evaluating discriminatory licensure policies for internationally educated professionals and reforming internal governance structures to address unconscious bias. An understanding of the current state of literature can help identify knowledge gaps and infor

SUBMITTER: Chiu P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11253727 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature