Exploring Racism and Health: An Intensive Interactive Session for Medical Students.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Growing recognition of the deleterious effects of racism on health has led to calls for increased education on racism for health care professionals. As part of a larger curriculum on health equity and social justice, we developed a new educational session on racism for first-year medical students consisting of a lecture followed by a case-based small-group discussion.

Methods

Over the academic years of 2016-2017, 2017-2018, and 2018-2019, a total of 536 first-year medical students participated in this mandatory session. The course materials were developed as a collaboration between faculty and students. The lecture was delivered in a large-group format; the small-group case-based discussion consisted of 10-12 students with one upper-level student facilitator.

SUBMITTER: DallaPiazza M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6354798 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature