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ArticleAdvances in health sciences education : theory and practice2020

Dismantling the master's house: new ways of knowing for equity and social justice in health professions education.

Morag Paton, Thirusha Naidu, Tasha R Wyatt, Oluwasemipe Oni, Gianni R Lorello, Umberin Najeeb, Zac Feilchenfeld, Stephanie J Waterman, Cynthia R Whitehead, Ayelet Kuper

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Article in Advances in health sciences education : theory and practice, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers.

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38 citing papers in PubMed, 132 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Morag PatonContinuing Professional Development, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, 500 University Avenue, 6th Floor, Toronto, ON, M5G 1V7, Canada. morag.paton@utoronto.ca.ORCID 0000-0002-9934-9784
Thirusha NaiduBehavioural Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.
Tasha R WyattThe Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia.
Oluwasemipe OniMD Program, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Gianni R LorelloDepartment of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Umberin NajeebDepartment of Medicine, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Zac FeilchenfeldDepartment of Medicine, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Stephanie J WatermanDepartment of Leadership, Higher, and Adult Education, Centre for the Study of Canadian and International Higher Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Cynthia R WhiteheadThe Wilson Centre, University Health Network/University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Ayelet KuperThe Wilson Centre, University Health Network/University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Sunnybrook Health Science Centre · CAUniversity of Toronto · CAUniversity Health Network · CAAugusta University · USUniversity of KwaZulu-Natal · ZA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Health professions education (HPE) is built on a structural foundation of modernity based on Eurocentric epistemologies. This foundation privileges certain forms of evidence and ways of knowing and is implicated in how dominant models of HPE curricula and healthcare practice position concepts of knowledge, equity, and social justice. This invited perspectives paper frames this contemporary HPE as the "Master's House", utilizing a term referenced from the writings of Audre Lorde. It examines the theoretical underpinnings of the "Master's House" through the frame of Quijano's concept of the Colonial Matrix of Power (employing examples of coloniality, race, and sex/gender). It concludes by exploring possibilities for how these Eurocentric structures may be dismantled, with reflection and discussion on the implications and opportunities of this work in praxis.

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Social JusticeCultural DiversityHealth OccupationsHumansColonialityCritical theoryCurriculaDecolonizationEquityHealth professions educationMedical educationSocial justice

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PMID33136279
PMCPMC7605342
OpenAlexW3095749702

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