A Four Factor Model of Systems-Based Practices in Psychiatry

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“…The curriculum also requires trainees to understand the community and the medical and social structures that the person has to navigate to get their needs met, which describes the systems-based practice approach. 12 (Teaching antiracism and social justice requires a safe and brave learning environment 13 that allows trainees to have open discussions about the systematic marginalization of people who are "othered" in our society because race and ethnicity cannot be ignored in the way medicine is practiced.) Implementation of the SMART Tool 14 developed by the American Association for Community Psychiatry is one way to create a learning environment that honors patients.…”