Achieving Antiracism in Medical Education
Transforming the Culture
- 1st Edition - July 11, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Authors: Leona Hess, Ann-Gel Palermo, David Muller
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 1 2 9 1 - 1
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 1 3 8 9 - 5
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Request a sales quoteSystemic racism profoundly affects the medical education work and learning environment, from the staff and faculty who are the backbone of every medical school, to what and how medical students are taught, who teaches them, and how they are supported and evaluated. Achieving Antiracism in Medical Education addresses the underlying root causes of racism in medical education— its culture, values, and mental models—and offers practical, real-world strategies for transforming its culture instead of merely reacting to crises and solving discrete problems.
- Offers a ground-breaking, five-phase approach to dismantling racism in medical education with a strategy that is broadly transformative, lifelong, people-dependent, and responsive to the world around us
- Offers activity-led guidance for medical education—from readiness and engagement through implementation, change management, and sustainability
- Provides practical tools and guidance to establish a self-sustaining cycle, including downloadable forms and worksheets
- Written by authors who have established a thriving antiracism program at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and schools who have participated in their framework
- Includes student perspectives
- An outstanding resource for faculty, staff, students, administrators, and leaders in medical education, as well as those in other areas of health care who provide education and training
- An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures and references, with the ability to search, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud
Individuals and entities focused on medical education (allopathic and osteopathic) – faculty, staff, students, administrators/leaders
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- List of Illustrations
- List of Tables
- 1. The water we swim in
- Race and racism
- Racism and medical education
- Diversity affairs – a paradox
- References
- 2. Changing the water
- Antiracism: A journey with no destination
- More like a beehive than a clock
- Creative thinking
- Change in complex adaptive systems
- Transformational change process dynamics
- Antiracist change process roadmap
- References
- 3. Phase 1: Assessing readiness for change
- Readiness for change
- Antiracist practice: Critical self-reflection
- Three assessments to determine readiness for change
- Phase 1 Activities and instructions
- References
- 4. Phase 2: Preparing for change
- Planting the seeds of successful transformation
- Antiracist practice: Accountability
- Four steps of preparing for change
- Phase 2 Activities and instructions
- References
- 5. Phase 3: Creating a climate for change
- Moving into midstream change
- Antiracist practice: Power sharing
- Six steps for creating a climate for change
- Phase 3 Activities and instructions
- References
- 6. Phase 4: Engaging and enabling your institution for change
- Moving deeper into midstream change
- Name the discomfort: Labeling emotions and bringing them out into the open
- Seven steps for engaging and enabling your institution for change
- Phase 4 Activities and instructions
- References
- 7. Phase 5: Implementing and sustaining change
- Time for downstream change
- Antiracist practice: Microaffirmations
- Seven activities for implementing and sustaining change
- Phase 5 Activities and instructions
- References
- 8. Student engagement at icahn school of medicine at Mount Sinai
- Background and context
- Anti-racism coalition: Student-led movement
- Student national medical association chapter at ISMMS: Engagement and partnership
- A perfect example
- References
- 9. Antiracism in practice: Learning and development
- Introduction
- Racism and bias initiative: Chats for change
- The center for antiracism in practice: Curriculum clinic
- Antiracist transformation in medical education
- References
- 10. Antiracist community of practice
- Introduction
- Community of practice
- ART in Med Ed CoP
- References
- Appendix
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: July 11, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- No. of pages: 210
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443112911
- eBook ISBN: 9780443113895
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Leona Hess
Dr. Hess is Founder and Co-Director of the The Center for Antiracism in Practice. She has over eight years of experience teaching masters level courses on contemporary social issues, focusing on racism, sexism, ableism, and heterocentrism. Dr. Hess facilitates opportunities to engage in deeper dialogue, challenge the status quo, promote critical thinking and systems thinking, and identify sound actions and a strategy toward systemic change. Hess holds a PhD from Columbia University and an MSW from New York University.
Affiliations and expertise
Senior Director of Strategy and Equity Education Programs, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USAAP
Ann-Gel Palermo
Ann-Gel S. Palermo is the Senior Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (ISMMS) and the Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer in Education and Research of the Mount Sinai Health System’s Office for Diversity and Inclusion. Dr. Palermo is also the co-director of the newly established ISMMS Center for Antiracism in Practice. Dr. Palermo provides leadership, strategic vision, and guidance in the integration of diversity, equity, and inclusion principles into the structures, policies, and practices of the education and research environments. Dr. Palermo spearheads and works in partnership with senior leaders to develop and implement initiatives with effective accountability and assessment mechanisms to foster a holistic, equitable, and thriving environment for Mount Sinai faculty, staff, students, and trainees. Dr. Palermo is the national chair of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Group on Student Affairs (GSA) Committee on Student Diversity Affairs (COSDA).
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, Departments of Medical Education and Pediatrics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USADM
David Muller
David Muller’s work focuses on the impact of racism and bias on medical education and creating alternative pathways to medical school in an effort to redefine national standards for undergraduate and post-bac pre-med preparation. His honors include the 2015 Alpha Omega Alpha Robert J. Glaser Distinguished Teacher Award and the 2009 American Medical Association (AMA) Foundation Pride in the Profession Award. Under his leadership, ISMMS was recognized with the AAMC Spencer Foreman Community Service Award in 2009. In 2004 he was inducted into the Gold Humanism Honor Society.
Dr. Muller co-founded and directed the Mount Sinai Visiting Doctors Program. Founded in 1995, Visiting Doctors is now the largest academic physician home visiting program in the country.
Affiliations and expertise
Dean for Medical Education, Chair, Department of Medical Education, Professor of Medical Education and Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA