A Framework for Developing Antiracist Medical Educators and Practitioner-Scholars

Area of Science:

• Medical Education
• Public Health
• Social Justice in Healthcare

Background:

• COVID-19 highlighted health disparities impacting marginalized populations.
• Medical students and residents are prepared for antiracism, but faculty require development.
• Academic health centers need faculty development programs for antiracism education.

Purpose of the Study:

• To explore best practices, competencies, and frameworks for antiracism education.
• To prepare faculty to foster antiracist learning environments in medical schools.
• To propose a framework for faculty development in antiracism.

Main Methods:

• Collaborative work to define racism and antiracism education.
• Development of a framework for faculty development in antiracism.
• Identification of key elements for building faculty capacity in antiracism education.

Main Results:

• A proposed framework for antiracism education focusing on faculty development.
• Key elements include building awareness, expanding knowledge, embedding practice, and dismantling oppressive structures.
• The framework emphasizes individual growth and systemic institutional change.

Conclusions:

• Faculty require targeted development to effectively integrate antiracism into medical education.
• The proposed framework supports faculty in creating antiracist learning environments.
• Strategies aim to enable faculty to learn, work, and educate within an antiracist framework.