Annetta Madsen, MD Allina Health

Blair Washington, MD, MHA MCG Health

This 4-hour course is designed to facilitate deep reflection on the pervasiveness of racism in the U.S. and to arm participants with strategies to help dismantle racism in their personal and professional lives. During the first hour of the course, we will learn about our individual biases and the capacity that each of us has for racism. In the second hour, we will discuss the prevalence of systemic and structural racism in the U.S. and the impact it continues to have on healthcare. We will define structural racism, its manifestations, and discuss the evidence of the harm it causes underrepresented minoritized (URM) individuals and society as a whole.

The second half of the course will focus on change, with the third hour of instruction on how to be anti-racist.  We will discuss what “anti-racism” means and how this approach differs from “unconscious bias” training which has significant limitations.  This will lead into the last hour focused on how to invest in diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice in our professional and personal lives. Through facilitated group-discussion, participants will identify ways to create positive change on both an individual and institutional level by challenging racist paradigms within workplace culture, hiring practices, institutional policies, medical decision-making, and other systems and structures that disadvantage our URM patients and colleagues. The tools learned in this course will be invaluable in aiding participants to be active dismantlers of racism, helping to create safer spaces for all, including URM individuals—a win-win!

Speakers:

Olivia Cardenas-Trowers, MD; Oluwateniola ‘Teni’ Brown, MD; Cassandra Carberry, MD, MS; Moiuri Siddique, MD

Course Objectives:

After completion of this postgraduate course, participants will be able to:

· Understand systemic racism and how it harms minorities and society.
· Discuss the significance of the history of racism in medicine and how it continues in medicine today.
· Identify the ways that we as individuals perpetuate racism and develop effective anti-racist strategies.
· Advocate for diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice in the workplace and community.

Welcome to the SGS Postgraduate Course "Antiracism: Dismantling racism in your personal and professional spheres." We have put together a list of podcasts and reading materials to give you background knowledge and context to the 4 sections of the course. Additional resources will be sent out after the course as well. We look forward to seeing you soon!

Pre-Course Materials

Course Outline:

“Who is Racist?” 8:00am - 9:00am

1. Blair Washington, MD, MHA: Clinical Associate Professor, Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine at Washington State University. Chair, Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Sensitivity Committee at MCG Health. Collaborator in an award-winning STEAM program for URM middle and high school girls. Global women’s health advocate engaged in international medicine and service.  Committed to improving health inequities and addressing social determinants of health.
2. Olivia Cardenas-Trowers, MD: Involved in several local and national organizations that mentor underrepresented minoritized (URM) individuals, particularly those interested in careers in medicine.  Served as an invited speaker and panelist for the 2019 Student National Medical Association Region 10 Medical Education Conference.
3. Moiuri Siddique, MD: Member of the AUGS Disparities Special Interest Group.  Involved in course work at Brown University that focuses on addressing systemic health inequities and disparities.

“Structural Racism: Fact, not Fiction” 9:00am - 10:00am

1. Oluwateniola Brown, MD:  Member of the AUGS Disparities Special Interest Group and Diversity and Inclusion Task Force.  Helped to establish the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee in the Department of OBGYN at Northwestern University.
2. Cassandra Carberry- Associate Professor, Clinician Educator of Ob/Gyn at Alpert Medical School of Brown University: Completed Brown Advocates for Social Change and Equity Fellowship, member of task force to redesign medical school core competency to focus on racial justice, and task force for sex and gender inclusivity; Member of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committee in the Department of Ob/Gyn; Member of AUGS Diversity and Inclusion Task Force
3. Annetta M. Madsen, MD: Global women’s health advocate engaged in international medicine and service. Committed to improving health inequities and addressing social determinants of health.

“Becoming Anti-racist” 10:00am - 11:00am

1. Olivia Cardenas-Trowers, MD: Involved in several local and national organizations that mentor URM individuals, particularly those interested in careers in medicine.  Served as an invited speaker and panelist for the 2019 Student National Medical Association Region 10 Medical Education Conference.
2. Oluwateniola Brown, MD:  Member of the AUGS Disparities Special Interest Group and Diversity and Inclusion Task Force.  Helped to establish the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee in the Department of OBGYN at Northwestern University.
3. Cassandra Carberry- Associate Professor, Clinician Educator of Ob/Gyn at Alpert Medical School of Brown University: Completed Brown Advocates for Social Change and Equity Fellowship, member of task force to redesign medical school core competency to focus on racial justice, and task force for sex and gender inclusivity; Member of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committee in the Department of Ob/Gyn; Member of AUGS Diversity and Inclusion Task Force

“The Investment: Advocating for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” 11:00am - 12:00pm

1. Blair Washington, MD, MHA: Clinical Associate Professor, Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine at Washington State University. Chair, Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Sensitivity Committee at MCG Health. Collaborator in an award-winning STEAM program for URM middle and high school girls. Global women’s health advocate engaged in international medicine and service.  Committed to improving health inequities and addressing social determinants of health.
2. Annetta M. Madsen, MD: Global women’s health advocate engaged in international medicine and service. Committed to improving health inequities and addressing social determinants of health.
3. Moiuri Siddique, MD: Member of the AUGS Disparities Special Interest Group. Involved in course work at Brown University that focuses on addressing systemic health inequities and disparities.