Accepted Type
Oral
Code
OC1-1-4
Acceptance Declaration
Accept
Additional Information
I declare I have no actual or potential conflict of interest in relation to this program.
Was this work accepted for CCME 2020?
no
Category
General Call (Workshop, Oral Presentation, Poster Presentation)
Type
Oral
Sub Type
Education Innovation
Will the presenter be a:
Student
Affiliation
Considered for Poster
yes
Title
Integrating anti-racism and structural violence education into pre-clerkship psychiatry curricula
Length of Presentation
Background/Purpose
The recent global resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement has manifested within Canadian medical schools as anti-racist commitments, manifestos, curriculum changes, and calls to action. BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and, People of Colour) students are asking medical schools to confront racism within Canada's healthcare institutions and improve the quality of care that marginalized patients receive. Racism in Canada can take the form of structural violence, which can include police brutality, medical violence, systematic neglect, and intergenerational trauma. Among other pathologies, these phenomena can yield the mental health effects of chronic stress, anxiety, and collective/ community PTSD.
Summary of the Innovation
We designed and evaluated a mandatory teaching session delivered to 153 second-year medical students about the disproportionate impacts of structural violence on the mental health of marginalized communities-specifically Black, Indigenous, 2SLGBTQIA+, and PWUD (People Who Use Drugs) communities. This session was taught during the 3-week pre-clerkship psychiatry course in August 2020. We leveraged Zoom and the transition to online learning necessitated by COVID-19 to assemble an interdisciplinary panel of experts from around Canada with collective expertise in psychiatry, clinical psychology, anti-racism, police violence, and Indigenous health. The panel format was supplemented by 'breakout rooms' of approximately 10 students to facilitate more intimate discussions.
Conclusion
Findings from our repeated measures study and program evaluation highlight numerous pedagogical and professional benefits of this session for medical students, suggesting the urgency for longitudinal integration of training on anti-racism and structural violence throughout pre-clerkship curricula around the country, beyond the psychiatry block alone.
Keyword 1
Structural violence
Keyword 2
Anti-racism
Keyword 3
Interdisciplinary teaching
Level of Training
Undergraduate
Abstract Themes
Teaching and learning
Teaching and Learning
- Clinical Context
- Distance Learning
- Diversity
- Global Health
- Patient Safety
- Small Group
- Inclusive education
Additional Theme (First choice)
Inter-professional Education
Additional Theme (Second Choice)
Undergraduate
Additional Theme (Third Choice)
Professionalism
Authors
Presenter
Kavya Anchuri
Term 1
Yes
Term 2
Yes
Term 3
Yes
Term 4
Yes
Term 5
Yes
