Addressing Racism in Medicine Through a Resident-Led Health Equity Retreat.

ABSTRACT: Racism impacts patient care and clinical training in emergency medicine (EM), but dedicated racism training is not required in graduate medical education. We designed an innovative health equity retreat to teach EM residents about forms of racism and skills for responding to racial inequities in clinical environments. The three-hour retreat occurred during the residency didactic conference to maximize resident participation. We prioritized facilitated reflection on residents' own experiences of race and racism in medicine in order to emphasize these concepts' relevance to all participants. We used workshop, small group, and panel formats to optimize interactivity and discussion. Post-retreat survey respondents indicated that the curriculum successfully promoted awareness of racism in the w

SUBMITTER: Chary AN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7806337 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature