Research Guides: Racism and Health: Teaching about racism and health

Teaching Resources

AAMC: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Competencies Across the Learning Continuum - Engaging health care professionals in collaborative DEI discussions, including cross-continuum and cross-discipline colleagues. - Conducting gap analyses of local curricula and training programs. - Self-assessing and planning individual professional development. - Developing curricular learning objectives. - Developing assessment tools. - Furthering research and scholarship in medical education and DEI. -Guiding the strategic integration of DEI into the formal curricula and the clinical learning environment.
Changing How Race Is Portrayed in Medical Education: Recommendations From Medical Students (2020) Nieblas-Bedolla, E. , Christophers, B. , Nkinsi, N. , Schumann, P. & Stein, E. (2020). Changing How Race Is Portrayed in Medical Education: Recommendations From Medical Students. Academic Medicine, 95 (12), 1802-1806. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000003496.
Toward a Bias-Free and Inclusive Medical Curriculum: Development and Implementation of Student-Initiated Guidelines and Monitoring Mechanisms at One Institution (2020) Benoit, Laura J. MPhil; Travis, Christopher MD; Swan Sein, Aubrie PhD, EdM; Quiah, Samuel C. MSW; Amiel, Jonathan MD; Gowda, Deepthiman MD, MPH, MS. Toward a Bias-Free and Inclusive Medical Curriculum: Development and Implementation of Student-Initiated Guidelines and Monitoring Mechanisms at One Institution. Academic Medicine 95(12S):p S145-S149, December 2020. | DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000003701
Educational guidelines for diversity and inclusion: addressing racism and eliminating biases in medical education (2023) Buery-Joyner SD, Baecher-Lind L, Clare CA, Hampton BS, Moxley MD, Ogunyemi D, Pradhan AA, Madani Sims SM, Whetstone S, Woodland MB, Katz NT. Educational guidelines for diversity and inclusion: addressing racism and eliminating biases in medical education. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2023 Feb;228(2):133-139. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2022.09.014. Epub 2022 Sep 13. PMID: 36113577.
Integrating Cultural Humility into the Medical Education Curriculum: Strategies for Educators Solchanyk D, Ekeh O, Saffran L, Burnett-Zeigler IE, Doobay-Persaud A. Integrating Cultural Humility into the Medical Education Curriculum: Strategies for Educators. Teach Learn Med. 2021 Oct-Dec;33(5):554-560. doi: 10.1080/10401334.2021.1877711. Epub 2021 Feb 11. PMID: 33573412.
How to make your teaching more inclusive Article from Chronicle of Higher Education with practical advice
Twelve tips for implementing and teaching anti-racism curriculum in medical education (2023) Racic M, Roche-Miranda MI, Fatahi G. Twelve tips for implementing and teaching anti-racism curriculum in medical education. Med Teach. 2023 May 3:1-6. doi: 10.1080/0142159X.2023.2206534. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37134226.
How to Make Your Teaching More Inclusive: Advice Guide
MedEd Portal Anti-racism education collection
Education from AMA Center for Health Equity The AMA Center for Health Equity focuses on facilitating, strengthening, and amplifying AMA’s work to eliminate health inequities. Education from the AMA Center for Health Equity features content specifically developed and/or curated by the AMA Center for Health Equity to help physicians, health providers and health systems address root causes of inequities such as racism, white supremacy, and other structural determinants of health. Includes videos, podcast, and learning modules.
A framework for educating health professionals to address the social determinants of health From the National Academies (2016)
Inclusive & Bias-Free Curriculum Checklist From the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University, this comprehensive checklist will ensure that your instructional materials are inclusive and bias-free.
Anti-racism bystander training: A critical need in medical schools (2024) Ragheb, D. K., Vinson, K. N., & Roberson, M. L. (2024). Anti-racism bystander training: A critical need in medical schools. Medical Teacher, 46(6), 749–751. https://doi-org.proxy.library.vcu.edu/10.1080/0142159X.2024.2311271

Making your educational materials representative of all races

Race and Culture Guide for Editors of Teaching Cases

Best practices for selecting inclusive images (CDC)

Images of non-white skin can be found at:

Free Images of Black and Brown people
Brown Skin Matters
Women of Color in Tech
PICNOI
Mind the Gap (A clinical handbook of signs and symptoms in Black and Brown skin)
Disabled and Here (photos and illustrations celebrating disabled Black, Indigenous, people of color)
and VisualDx contains images of a various skin tones, particularly related to dermatology

Guidance for discussing race and racism

Practical Lessons for Teaching About Race and Racism: Successfully Leading Free, Frank, and Fearless Discussions (2020) Peek, Monica E. MD, MPH, MS; Vela, Monica B. MD; Chin, Marshall H. MD, MPH. Practical Lessons for Teaching About Race and Racism: Successfully Leading Free, Frank, and Fearless Discussions. Academic Medicine 95(12S):p S139-S144, December 2020. | DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000003710
Addressing Racism in Medical Education: A Longitudinal Antiracism Discussion Curriculum for Medical Students (2023) Carrera, D., Tejeda, C., Kakani, P. et al. Addressing Racism in Medical Education: A Longitudinal Antiracism Discussion Curriculum for Medical Students. Med.Sci.Educ. (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40670-023-01788-x
Story Listening as an Anti-racist Tool in Curricular Development

Dealing with racial discrimination from patients

Twelve tips for responding to microaggressions and overt discrimination: When the patient offends the learner (2019) Wheeler DJ, Zapata J, Davis D, Chou C. Twelve tips for responding to microaggressions and overt discrimination: When the patient offends the learner. Med Teach. 2019 Oct;41(10):1112-1117. doi: 10.1080/0142159X.2018.1506097. Epub 2018 Oct 2. PMID: 30277121.
Dealing with Racist Patients (2016) Paul-Emile K, Smith AK, Lo B, Fernández A. Dealing with Racist Patients. N Engl J Med. 2016 Feb 25;374(8):708-11. doi: 10.1056/NEJMp1514939. PMID: 26933847.
Active Bystander Training: Using Standardized Patient Methodology to Teach Residents to Navigate Microaggressions in Patient Encounters (2023) Famouri ML, Hernandez S, Omlor RL, Lane-Brown M, Evans SM, McIntosh D, Denizard-Thompson N. Active Bystander Training: Using Standardized Patient Methodology to Teach Residents to Navigate Microaggressions in Patient Encounters. MedEdPORTAL. 2023;19:11298. https://doi.org/10.15766/mep_2374-8265.11298