Critical Race Theory in Medical Education: Applying Medical CRT Principles to Teaching Learners about Health Equity

Leader(s)

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  Adiaha Spinks-Franklin, MD, MPH (she/her/hers)

  Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics
  Baylor College of Medicine
  Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States

  Slides

Co-Leader(s)

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  Salathiel Kendrick-Allwood, MD (she/her/hers)

  Associate Professor, Clinical Pediatrics
  Emory University School of Medicine
  Mableton, Georgia, United States
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  Tanya Froehlich, MD, MS (she/her/hers)

  Division Director and Professor of Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics
  Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
  Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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  Purnima Valdez, MD

  Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
  Duke University Medical Center
  Durham, North Carolina, United States
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  Trevena Moore, MD, MPH (she/her/hers)

  Assistant Professor
  University of Kansas Medical Center, United States
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  Kate Wallis, MD, MPH (she/her/hers)

  Assistant Professor
  Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
  PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, United States
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  Irene Loe, MD (she/her/hers)

  Associate Professor
  Stanford University School of Medicine
  SAN FRANCISCO, California, United States
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  July Jean, MD (she/her/hers)

  Assistant professor
  Children's Mercy Kansas City
  Kansas City, Missouri, United States
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  Silvia Pereira-Smith, MD

  Associate Professor of Pediatrics
  Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine
  Charleston, South Carolina, United States
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  Shruti Mittal, MD FAAP (she/her/hers)

  Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics
  Atrium Health Levine Children's Hospital, Wake Forest
  Matthews, North Carolina, United States
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  Jennifer Walton, MD, MPH, FAAP (she/her/hers)

  Associate Professor of Pediatrics Section Chief, Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics
  University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics
  Miami, Florida, United States
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  Yewande Dada, MHS (she/her/hers)

  Medical Student
  Meharry Medical College
  Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Workshop

Description: By popular demand, we are conducting workshops that build Medical Critical Race Theory (MedCRT) skills and framework when engaging in patient care, medical education, research, and advocacy. In 2022, our initial MedCRT workshop (“Critical Race Theory in Medicine (MedCRT): Origins, Applications, & Future Translation to Education, Clinical Practice, & Research”) introduced the construct of MedCRT, comparing it to the Biomedical Model and the Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) Model when engaging in patient care, medical education and research. In 2023, based upon audience demands in 2022, our second MedCRT workshop (“Critical Race Theory in the Exam Room: Applying Medical CRT to Physician-Patient Relationships, Patient Care, and Advocacy) took a deep dive into applying MedCRT principles to patient care. Both workshops provided multimedia, hands-on practical activities, were heavily attended, very well-received, and highly rated (overall rating 4.9/5 in 2022 & 2023). The majority of audience members both years commented that more time is needed to explore this topic.
Therefore, based upon PAS audience demand, we are proposing the workshop “Critical Race Theory in Medical Education: Applying Medical CRT Principles to Teaching Learners about Health Equity.” This will be an interactive, multi-media, hands-on, practical workshop that will delve into applying MedCRT principles to educating medical learners about health equity. Participants will (1) review the principles of MedCRT,1 (2) apply the “Ask ‘Why’ 5 Times” framework2 for interrogating health inequities with learners, and (3) write learning objectives to apply MedCRT framework to teaching learners didactically and at the bedside.