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Ready to Act: Using Storytelling and Role Play to Build Action-Oriented Equity Competencies in Undergraduate Medical Education and Continuing Professional Development

Systemic racism in the health care system undermines access and quality care for Indigenous people. The consequences of this can mean life or death, as we have seen for Joyce Echaquan and Brian Sinclair. Research has demonstrated a range of gaps in addressing the varied health care needs of Indigenous populations (Alan and Smylie, 2015; Wylie and McConkey 2019). The aim of this workshop is to demonstrate ways to use storytelling and arts to build competencies among medical students, residents and physicians to advance health equity. There is a need to improve knowledge and practice through targeted educational initiatives that give providers concrete recommendations to improve equity in practice. Such actions include understanding and correcting their own biases, improving their knowledge, and ensuring system-wide supports for culturally safe and appropriate care. We explore the use of storytelling and arts based education as a way to build understanding and among health professionals and students (Ray 2012).

This workshop uses storytelling, role play and interactive case exercises to demonstrated strategies for building competencies in providing culturally safe, quality health care for Indigenous people. This workshop will provide experiential learning opportunities that demonstrate strategies that build concrete skills. In addition, the workshop will support participants to develop storytelling and theatre-based training activities in their own health service settings. The presenters will illustrate a range of challenges facing Indigenous people, both within the health care system and more broad social determinants of health. Narratives drawing on examples from health care experiences that demonstrate challenges will be presented. Participants will work in teams to explore the issues in the cases, reflecting on determinants of health through role play exercises. The workshop facilitators will guide a reflection and explore ways participants can apply this approach to their own settings.

This workshop is oriented to health care providers, health care educators, and others involved in training health professionals.

1. To identify the range of challenges that undermine health equity. 2. To demonstrate evidence based exercises that can improve health care providers' attitudes, knowledge and skills in promoting culturally safe changes in health care delivery 3. To support participants in developing educational and workplace strategies applicable to their own setting

Allan B, Smylie J. First peoples, second class treatment: the role of racism in the health and well-being of indigenous peoples in Canada. Toronto: Wellesley Institute; 2015. Ray L. (2012). Deciphering the 'Indigenous' in Indigenous Methodologies. AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples. 8(1): 85-98. Wylie, L., *McConkey, S. "Insiders' Insight: Discrimination against Indigenous Peoples through the Eyes of Health Care Professionals." (2019) Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, 2018; https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-018-0495-9.

Storytelling

Indigenous Health

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Teaching and learning

Inter-professional Education

Patient Safety

Continuing Medical Education

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