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ArticleMedical education online2024

A critical qualitative study to understand current black women medical student perspectives on anti-racist reform in US medical education.

Nouran Ghanem, Debora Goetz Goldberg, Eldesia Granger, Jennifer R Warren, Gilbert Gimm

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  1. Processes, Challenges, and Impacts of an Accountability, Respect, Community & Humanity Task Force: A Qualitative Evaluation.Academic psychiatry : the journal of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training and the Association for Academic Psychiatry · 2026
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Nouran GhanemCollege of Public Health, Department of Health Administration and Policy, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6136-8149
Debora Goetz GoldbergDepartment of Health Administration and Policy, College of Public Health, and Affiliate Faculty, Center for Evidenced-Based Behavioral Health, Department of Psychology, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3121-7942
Eldesia GrangerPrivate Practice Physician, Alexandria, VA, USA.
Jennifer R WarrenInstitute for Health Equity Education & Research, Atlantic City, NJ, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3325-1557
Gilbert GimmDepartment of Health Administration and Policy, College of Public Health, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6361-6951

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThe US medical education system has a long-standing history of omitting evidence and perpetuating false pseudo-scientific beliefs on the complex and nuanced relationships between race, racism, and health disparities. There is an urgent need to identify and address the historical influence of systemic racism on the current curriculum, organization, and culture of US medical education. The goal of this study was to understand Black women medical student perspectives on race and racism in current medical school training and their recommendations to inform anti-racist action in US medical education.

methodThe authors conducted a critical qualitative study to understand the perspectives of Black women medical students on issues surrounding race and racism in relation to US medical education. To their knowledge, this is the first study to use qualitative research methods to understand current thinking on the need for anti-racist pedagogy in medical school education among Black women medical students in the US.

resultsThe interviews revealed critical limitations in the teaching of race, racism, and racial disparities, including a lack of historical depth, continuity, and evaluation of this content; lack of actionable guidance to address racial disparities in clinical practice; and dissonance between emerging anti-racist content and national licensing examinations. The qualitative data yielded several anti-racist strategies and practices that can be implemented in US medical schools to redress historical curriculum limitations and better prepare future generations of physicians to care for marginalized populations.

conclusionsThis study provides actionable feedback on needed reforms to redress US medical school curriculum limitations as it relates to race, racism, and racial disparities.

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Black or African AmericanRacismStudents, MedicalCurriculumEducation, MedicalFemaleHumansInterviews as TopicQualitative ResearchUnited Statesanti-racismblack women medical studentscritical qualitative inquirycurricular reformsMedical educationqualitative researchracism

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PMID39164948
PMCPMC11340229

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