WGEA 2024 Spring Conference

Presenters:
Denise M. Connor, University of California, San Francisco
Alli Gomez, University of California, San Francisco
Corina L. Iacopetti, University of California, San Francisco
Katherine Lupton, University of California, San Francisco
Aimee Medeiros, University of California, San Francisco
John Davis, University of California, San Francisco

Topic: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and Anti-Racism in the Learning Environment

Rationale
Racism and other forms of oppression are entrenched in the content and processes of medical education, transmitting false understandings about health and illness to future physicians and contributing to sustained health inequities.(1-
3) While these problems are not new, there has been increased, wide-spread acknowledgment of the need to bring anti-racism and anti-oppression into medical education.(4,5) Naming racism, and by extension other forms of oppression, is a
critical first step for transformational change.(6) However, recognition is only the beginning.(7,8) We will share a novel, integrated, systems-level approach to antioppressive change in medical school curricula, including lessons learned and
early outcomes. Participants will consider how our experience can inform similar efforts at their institutions.