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Long overdue, I am curious about the work entailed in making this happen, how these reforms will actually take shape, and, of course, who is charged with doing this work. I have some thoughtssssss https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering-care/health-equity/ama-racism-threat-public-health
First of all, I wish for more foregrounding of the AMA and the medical profession's role in reifying and maintaining and perpetuating racism. There are some moments, some gestures, but it bears explicit repeating until every medical professional knows about Tuskegee.
Second, all for integrating the instruction of race as a social construct and racism into med ed, but what is this going to look like? Are students of color going to have to teach their peers? Medical educators BONE UP on your reading. See why below: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0022146518821388
Third, "appropriate stakeholders and content experts" when it comes to the study and instruction of racism are social scientists and humanists ... preferably critical race theorists like @EdwinLindo ... who get more air time than a single lecture during a pre-holiday intersession
Fourth, if med students or faculty of color are tapped to do any work, PAY THEM. This is a job. There are entire offices / conferences / consultants that do curricular dev. Pay them retroactively for their work getting us here @vanessaferrel @MaxJordan_N @NNkinsi @tsaiduck77
Fifth, don't just sprinkle a little anti-racism and then not examine the rest of the curriculum / training. What are the cultures & structures that are reproducing racism / other social inequalities & the medical profession's privilege? I'm looking at you, "humanities" electives!
Anyways, I'm real fired up. I think this is a great first step but wary of the execution. I obsess over curricular reform in medical ed. I am writing a book on it. Other sociologists also have SO much expertise here: @soc_hpe @ahvinson @KellyUnderman @TaniaMJenkins @hirsheys
One more thing @Margaritalanna: let's create a world where critical praxis is embedded into medical training; where the social sciences and humanities stand on their own, equipping MDs to challenge the value hierarchies and power relations; & be in the institution but not of it!
