Addressing Racism in Medical Education: A Longitudinal Antiracism Discussion Curriculum for Medical Students

Although recent efforts have been engaged to combat bias in medical education, minimal attention has been dedicated to developing antiracism curricula for medical students. We developed a year-long discussion curriculum for 175 first-year medical students centered around Ibram X. Kendi’s How to be an Antiracist. The discussion curriculum consisted of six, 2 hour seminars. We evaluated students’ perceptions regarding discussing and actively addressing racism. Students reported an improved ability and comfort to discuss and address racism within healthcare settings. These data suggest that antiracism discussion curricula may be effective for training medical students to address racism in their future careers.