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Boutin-Foster C. R.E.A.C.T: A framework for role modeling anti-racism in the clinical learning environment. MEDICAL TEACHER 2022; 44:1347-1353. [PMID: 35815705 DOI: 10.1080/0142159x.2022.2094231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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PURPOSE In 2020, medical schools across the U.S. were called to task by students who demanded a response to structural racism in medicine. Many medical schools made anti-racism declarations and pledged to promote more inclusive learning environments. Much of the focus was on changing the pre-clinical curriculum and less on the everyday interactions that occur in clinical settings. As medical educators, we have an obligation to reinforce statements of solidarity by role modeling behaviors that demonstrate anti-racism in clinical practice. METHODS This article proposes a framework that provides practical steps for role modeling anti-racism in the clinical learning environment. These steps are drawn from a review of the literature on role modeling, constructs from Social Cognitive Learning Theory, and anti-racism praxis. RESULTS The resulting framework uses the acronym R.E.A.C.T to describe practical steps that include Reflecting on implicit biases, Educating ourselves on historical and current forms of structural racism, Assessing the use of race in clinical practice and asking how racism is impacting a clinical interaction, Calling out behaviors that perpetuate racism, and Treating everyone with dignity and respect. CONCLUSIONS The R.E.A.C.T framework is of value to medical educators because it provides practical steps on role modeling anti-racism in the clinical learning environment. The framework calls medical educators not to merely passively 'react,' but to be introspective, proactive, and intentional in their response to racism. Examples are provided on how each step can be actualized and adapted for different learning environments.
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- Carla Boutin-Foster
- Department of Medicine, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, NY, USA
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Han H, Clithero-Eridon A, Costa MJ, Dennis CA, Dorsey JK, Ghias K, Hopkins A, Jabeen K, Klamen D, Matos S, Mellinger JD, Peters H, Pitama S, Smith CL, Smith SF, Suh B, Suh S, Zdravković M. On pandemics and pivots: a COVID-19 reflection on envisioning the future of medical education. KOREAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL EDUCATION 2021; 33:393-404. [PMID: 34875155 PMCID: PMC8655362 DOI: 10.3946/kjme.2021.207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2021] [Revised: 08/13/2021] [Accepted: 10/06/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The required adjustments precipitated by the coronavirus disease 2019 crisis have been challenging, but also represent a critical opportunity for the evolution and potential disruptive and constructive change of medical education. Given that the format of medical education is not fixed, but malleable and in fact must be adaptable to societal needs through ongoing reflexivity, we find ourselves in a potentially transformative learning phase for the field. An Association for Medical Education in Europe ASPIRE Academy group of 18 medical educators from seven countries was formed to consider this opportunity, and identified critical questions for collective reflection on current medical education practices and assumptions, with the attendant challenge to envision the future of medical education. This was achieved through online discussion as well as asynchronous collective reflections by group members. Four major themes and related conclusions arose from this conversation: Why we teach: the humanitarian mission of medicine should be reinforced; what we teach: disaster management, social accountability and embracing an environment of complexity and uncertainty should be the core; how we teach: open pathways to lean medical education and learning by developing learners embedded in a community context; and whom we teach: those willing to take professional responsibility. These collective reflections provide neither fully matured digests of the challenges of our field, nor comprehensive solutions; rather they are offered as a starting point for medical schools to consider as we seek to harness the learning opportunities stimulated by the pandemic.
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- Heeyoung Han
- Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL, USA
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- Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL, USA
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- Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL, USA
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- Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL, USA
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- Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL, USA
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- Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL, USA
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- Charité, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL, USA
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- Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL, USA
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- Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL, USA
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- University Medical Centre Maribor, Maribor
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Donnelly J, Dykes M, Griffioen R, Moore J, Hale L, Wilkinson A. Self-management support training for undergraduate and graduate entry healthcare professional students: an integrative review. PHYSICAL THERAPY REVIEWS 2020. [DOI: 10.1080/10833196.2020.1832720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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- Jace Donnelly
- Centre for Health, Activity, and Rehabilitation Research, School of Physiotherapy, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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- Centre for Health, Activity, and Rehabilitation Research, School of Physiotherapy, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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- Centre for Health, Activity, and Rehabilitation Research, School of Physiotherapy, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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- Centre for Health, Activity, and Rehabilitation Research, School of Physiotherapy, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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- Centre for Health, Activity, and Rehabilitation Research, School of Physiotherapy, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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- Centre for Health, Activity, and Rehabilitation Research, School of Physiotherapy, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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Lewis ME. The Effects of an Indigenous Health Curriculum for Medical Students. MEDICAL SCIENCE EDUCATOR 2020; 30:891-903. [PMID: 34457747 PMCID: PMC8368427 DOI: 10.1007/s40670-020-00971-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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PURPOSE Indigenous patients experience a variety of healthcare challenges including accessing and receiving needed healthcare services, as well as experiencing disproportionate amounts of bias and discrimination within the healthcare system. In an effort to improve patient-provider interactions and reduce bias towards Indigenous patients, a curriculum was developed to improve first-year medical students' Indigenous health knowledge. METHOD Two cohorts of students were assessed for their Indigenous health knowledge, cultural intelligence, ethnocultural empathy, and social justice beliefs before the lecture series, directly after, and 6 months later. RESULTS Results of paired t test analysis revealed that Indigenous health knowledge significantly improved after the training and 6 months later. Some improvements were noted in the areas of cultural intelligence and ethnocultural empathy in the second cohort. CONCLUSIONS It is feasible to teach and improve Indigenous-specific health knowledge of medical students using a brief intervention of lectures. However, other critical components of culturally appropriate care including social justice beliefs and actions, ethnocultural empathy, and cultural humility may require increased and immersed cultural training.
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- Melissa E. Lewis
- Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, MO USA
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Theodore R, Webber M, Blaikie R, Larner W. Rethinking our shared futures. J R Soc N Z 2019. [DOI: 10.1080/03036758.2019.1687531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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- Reremoana Theodore
- Department of Psychology, National Centre for Lifecourse Research, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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- Te Puna Wānanga/School of Māori and Indigenous Education, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Department of Physics, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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- Provost, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
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