Effects of a Curriculum Addressing Racism on Pediatric Residents' Racial Biases and Empathy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Racism is a longstanding driver of health inequities. Although medical education is a potential solution to address racism in health care, best practices remain unknown.

Objective

We sought to evaluate the impact of participation in a curriculum addressing racism on pediatric residents' racial biases and empathy.

Methods

A pre-post survey study was conducted in 2 urban, university-based, midsized pediatric residency programs between July 2019 and June 2020. The curriculum sessions included Self-Reflection on Implicit Bias, Historical Trauma, and Structural Racism. All sessions were paired with empathy and perspective-taking exercises and were conducted in small groups to facilitate reflective discussion. Wilcoxon signed rank tests were used to assess change

SUBMITTER: Jindal M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9380619 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature