GHEARD: An Open-Access Modular Curriculum to Incorporate Equity, Anti-Racism, and Decolonization Training Into Global Health Education.

ABSTRACT: Background Global health (GH) interest is rising among graduate medical education (GME) trainees, yet GH engagement is marred by the impact of colonization or racism, and there remains a lack of training to confront these challenges. Objective To develop a modular, open-access curriculum that provides training in decolonization for GH GME and evaluate its feasibility and impact on learners' critical reflection on decolonization. Methods From 2019 to 2022, 40 GH educators, including international and indigenous scholars from diverse organizations, created the Global Health Education for Equity, Anti-Racism, and Decolonization (GHEARD) curriculum. Using Kern's 6 steps of curriculum development, critical gaps were identified and shaped into 8 modules, including a facilita

SUBMITTER: Rule ARL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11838061 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature