Abstract
Objective: To explore student experiences relating to racism, microaggressions and implicit bias within healthcare communication and medical education in the wake of the Black Lives Matter movement.
Methods: Students and faculty from different racial/ethnic backgrounds, medical schools, countries, and levels of training shared their perspectives with a multi-disciplinary, international audience at the 2020 International Conference on Communication in Healthcare (ICCH).
Results: We highlight experiences shared at the symposium and demonstrate how the student voice can help shape the medical school curriculum. 3 main themes are discussed: 1) Institutional bias and racism, 2) Racial discrimination during medical training and 3) Recommendations for curricula change.
Conclusion: Racism influences many aspects of student experiences and often appears in covert and institutional forms. These shared experiences reflect a common problem faced by ethnic minority medical students.
Practice implications: Student experiences provide thoughtful recommendations for educators regarding incorporating anti-racism teaching into their curricula. It is essential that this teaching is collaborative, non-tokenistic and implemented early in the syllabus. It is beneficial for educators to build on the various existing approaches demonstrated by other institutions.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 2599-2602 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Patient Education and Counseling |
| Volume | 105 |
| Issue number | 7 |
| Early online date | 31 Dec 2021 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Jul 2022 |
Keywords
- Black Lives Matter
- Communication skills
- Curriculum
- Discrimination
- Educators
- Healthcare professionals
- Medical students
- Racism