Critical Consciousness as a Framework for Health Equity-Focused Peer Learning.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Recognizing the need to teach concepts of health equity, diversity, and inclusion as a part of medical students' preclinical training, we developed a series of workshops in the first year of medical school that introduced students to issues of discrimination and inequity and their effects on health outcomes. This student-led, faculty-supported project, known as Critical Consciousness in Medicine (CCM), adopted critical consciousness as a guiding principle for student learning.

Methods

Over the course of the 2018-2019 academic year, student leaders developed and delivered five 2-hour workshops to 197 first-year students, with the assistance of student facilitators and input and guidance from faculty advisors. Workshops involved a mix of whole-class presentations

SUBMITTER: Ellison J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8079426 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature