Submission ID 77792
| Code | OF-2-2 |
|---|---|
| At the end of this workshop, participants will be able to: | |
| Category | Medical Education |
| Type | Oral |
| Will the presenter be a: | Student |
| Title | Developing an Anti-Racism Tool Kit for the University of Ottawa Md Program Pre-Clerkship Curriculum |
| Background/Purpose | Currently, racialized health inequities are poorly addressed in medical education. Race-based medicine presents race without social contextualization, omits the social understanding of health disparities and perpetuates racialized bias. Reframing the understanding of race as a social construct and incorporating anti-racism education are essential to mitigate health inequities. To address these disparities, curriculum reviews are required. This project aims to describe an anti-racism curriculum audit conducted at the University of Ottawa. |
| Methods | We completed an anti-racism audit of the formal teaching content of the pre-clerkship undergraduate MD curriculum at the University of Ottawa. The authors developed an Anti-racism audit tool kit guided by 'The Upstate Bias Checklist' developed by Brown et al. (2017). Recruited student volunteers audited assigned material. The lead authors subsequently repeated the audit individually, ensuring inter-rater reliability. Findings were categorized into four themes: reinforcement of stereotypes, insufficient representation of racialized populations, cultural insensitivity, and race-based generalizations. |
| Results | A total of 796 curriculum material were audited by 18 medical students. In year 1, material flagged included 26.4% of didactic lectures, 54.8% of case-based learning (CBL) lectures and 34.1% of Society, the Individual and medicine (SIM) lectures. In year 2, material flagged included 18.2% of didactic lectures, 40% of CBL lectures, 34.8% of SIM lectures. |
| Discussion | This antiracism curriculum audit revealed the lack of diverse representation and the promotion of race-based stereotypes in a significant proportion of the pre-clerkship curriculum. A curriculum reform is necessary to reduce bias and equip medical students to provide equitable care to the diverse Canadian patient population. |
| Keyword 1 | Curriculum Audit |
| Keyword 2 | Anti-racism |
| Keyword 3 | Medical Education |
| Abstract content most relevant to: (check all that apply) | Continuing Professional Development (CPD) (faculty development, CME)
Residency Education Undergraduate Medical Education |
| Abstract Track - First Choice | Equity, Diversity and Inclusion |
| Authors | Patricia Burhunduli Patricia Burhunduli Saada Hussen Yuanyi Song Gaelle Bekolo Ewurabena Simpson Jasmin Page Lisa Abel Laura Muldoon Kassia Johnson Craig Campbell |
