%0 Journal Article
%T Core Competencies of an Anti-racist Physician: Elective Course for Undergraduate Medical Students.
%A Williams JC
%A Crisp Z
%A Crow B
%A Alexandar-Bloch A
%A Galvin K
%A Qayyum Z
%A Aysola J
%A Cheng SM
%J MedEdPORTAL
%V 20
%N 0
%D 2024
%M 38957536
暂无%R 10.15766/mep_2374-8265.11395
%X <B>UNASSIGNED: </B>Medical schools seeking to correct and reform curricula towards anti-racist perspectives need to address anti-Black forms of racism specifically and teach students critical upstander skills to interrupt manifestations of racism. We developed a course to teach preclinical medical students basic anti-racism competencies including recognition and awareness of anti-Black racism in medicine and upstander skills to advocate for patients and colleagues.<BR><B>UNASSIGNED: </B>In 2021 and 2022, we designed, implemented, and evaluated an elective course for second-year medical students (N = 149) to introduce competencies of anti-racism focusing on upstander skills for addressing anti-Blackness. We designed three patient cases and one student-centered case to illustrate manifestations of anti-Black racism in medicine and used these cases to stimulate small-group discussions and guide students toward recognizing and understanding ways of responding to racism. We designed pre- and postassessments to evaluate the effectiveness of the course and utilized anonymous feedback surveys.<BR><B>UNASSIGNED: </B>Participants showed significant improvement in pre- to postassessment scores in both years of the course. The anonymous feedback survey showed that 97% of students rated the course at least somewhat effective, and the qualitative responses revealed five core themes: course timing, case complexity, learner differentiation, direct instruction, and access to resources.<BR><B>UNASSIGNED: </B>This course reinforces upstander competencies necessary for advancing anti-racism in medicine. It addresses a gap in medical education by reckoning with the entrenched nature of anti-Black racism in the culture of medicine and seeks to empower undergraduate medical students to advocate for Black-identifying patients and colleagues.