Trainees (Residents & Fellows)

* History of Race and Racism in Medicine & Science (2) – Jan 30th

Virtual Event

January 30 @ 9:30 am – 11:00 am

Course Objectives

  • Understand the way medicine/science has been used to create and further racism
  • Understand the history of the creation of racial categories and hierarchy, particularly by physicians, and how that framework is still used in modern medicine
  • Recognize race as a social and political construct
  • Explain how and why race is not biological or genetic
    *This is a CME eligible course for physicians.
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* Gender and Sexual Diversity (3)- Jan 27th

Virtual Event

January 27 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am

Course Objectives

  1. Appreciate the range of gender diversity and variations in sexual identity.
  2. Recognize the importance of having both competence from the standpoint of medical knowledge as well as having a culturally informed approach with patients and/or colleagues with life experience and identities that differ from your own.
  3. Apply trauma-informed principles when providing medical care for patients and be aware that some have experienced trauma in healthcare settings.
    *This is a CME eligible course for physicians.
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Social Determinants of Health (4) – Jan 22nd

Virtual Event

January 22 @ 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm

Course Objectives

  • Define social determinants of health and health inequities
  • Understand how social conditions influence health
  • Describe elements of the Social Ecological Model and Life Course Model
  • Explain the relationship between SDOH, racism and racial health inequities
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Bias & Microaggressions (5) – Jan 21st

Virtual Event

January 21 @ 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm

Course Objectives

  1. Define key terms related to bias and microaggressions.​
  2. Explain how microaggressions are harmful and associated with bias.​
  3. Describe four psychological processes that fuel biased actions.​
  4. Describe helpful ways to respond to microaggressions based on my typical role in these incidents (as a leader, bystander, target, or offender).
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Identity, Privilege, and Intersectionality (1) – Jan 13th

Virtual Event

January 13 @ 11:00 am – 12:30 pm

Course Objectives

  1. Deepen awareness of the current state of racism and oppression in our society and at UW Medicine.
  2. Understand and describe your own and others social identities, intersectionalities, and privileges.
  3. Call to Action: Integrating these understandings into your personal and professional life.
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Bystander Intervention (6) – Jan 7th

Virtual Event

January 7 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm

Course Objectives

  1. Describe why it is important to intervene when you observe an incident of identity-based harm.
  2. Identify the obstacles that may get in the way of intervening effectively.
  3. Learn and practice the five D’s of bystander intervention.
    *This course is available to community members who have completed our Foundational Training sequence.
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History of Race and Racism in Medicine & Science (2) – Dec 23rd

Virtual Event

December 23, 2024 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am

Course Objectives

  • Understand the way medicine/science has been used to create and further racism
  • Understand the history of the creation of racial categories and hierarchy, particularly by physicians, and how that framework is still used in modern medicine
  • Recognize race as a social and political construct
  • Explain how and why race is not biological or genetic
Register via Zoom

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On Racism: A New Standard For Publishing On Racial Health Inequities

Rhea W Boyd, Edwin G Lindo, Lachelle D Weeks, Monica R McLemore

From Health Affairs Forefront: …despite racism’s alarming impact on health and the wealth of scholarship that outlines its ill effects, preeminent scholars and the journals that publish them routinely fail to interrogate racism as a critical driver of racial health inequities. As a consequence, the bar to publish on racial health inequities has become exceedingly low. Read the full article here.

https://www.healthaffairs.org/content/forefront/racism-new-standard-publishing-racial-health-inequities

Seeing the Window, Finding the Spider: Applying Critical Race Theory to Medical Education to Make Up Where Biomedical Models and Social Determinants of Health Curricula Fall Short

Jennifer Tsai, Edwin Lindo, Khiara Bridges

From Frontiers in Public Health: A professional and moral medical education should equip trainees with the knowledge and skills necessary to effectively advance health equity. In this Perspective, we argue that critical theoretical frameworks should be taught to physicians so they can interrogate structural sources of racial inequities and achieve this goal. Read the full article here.

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2021.653643/full