Racial Affinity Group Caucusing in Medical Education — A Key Supplement to Antiracism Curricula

Lewis, Leanna; Fabersunne, Camila Cribb; Iacopetti, Corina L.; Negussie-Retta, Gabby; McBride, Dannielle; Irving, Paul W.; Marbin, Jyothi

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“…These recent developments in scholarship and practice suggest that Font-Guzmán and Mayer are not alone in their dissatisfaction with the way in which "neutrality" has been interpreted and has become a dominant norm for professional conflict specialists. Indeed, the desire to incorporate awareness of power, structural inequality, oppression, and racism is not unique to dispute resolution but is growing across professions, in law schools, medical schools, and nursing schools (ABA Standard 303c; Lawrence 2020; Lewis et al 2023). Font-Guzmán and Mayer's efforts to address urgent social and political concerns within the greater context of ADR theories and practices help bring more focus to the need for greater disruption and remind readers that "[i]f we act with compassion, determination, wisdom, and courage, we can change the world" (231).…”

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Activist Mediators, Mediator Activists: The Neutrality Trap

Nussbaum¹,

Reynolds²

2023

Negotiation Journal

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Reviewed by Lydia Nussbaum and Jennifer W. Reynolds Mediators are supposed to be neutral. They should not be biased toward a particular party, and they should not advocate for a particular outcome. Instead, mediators should guide disputants through a rich discussion that surfaces issues, resolves differences, and makes possible sensible agreements. Whether mediators perform these functions through a facilitative or evaluative approach does not change the basic idea that mediators assume their role as process guide in a relatively disinterested manner, as a "third-party neutral."But can mediators become too neutral, thus losing their distinctive ability to empower parties and promote transformative, holistic results and a more just society? That is the question posed by Bernie Mayer and Jackie Font-Guzmán in The Neutrality Trap: Disrupting and Connecting for Social Change. The book-part autobiography, part memoir, part think piece, part manifesto, part call-to-action-explores the familiar and intractable problem of neutrality in mediation through an unambiguously political lens, reflecting the current heightened anxiety around political and social polarization in the United States and elsewhere. The dynamics surrounding the ascendance of Donald Trump and Trumpism in the United States figure prominently in the authors' analysis, and the book explicitly strives to marshal the energies and expertise of conflict resolution professionals to resist repression and regressive, reactionary

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Activist Mediators, Mediator Activists: The Neutrality Trap

Nussbaum¹,

Reynolds²

2023

Negotiation Journal

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“…Although UIM residents are motivated to engage in such committees as part of building community and advancing DEI, leaders should be mindful of the minority tax residents experience when they do 13,39 and they should provide the necessary support. In addition, there is emerging research on racial affinity groups in medical education, which is a promising strategy that provides opportunities for residents to gather in self-identified racial groups to process and reflect on their training through their racialized experience 40,41 . The creation and benefits of a longitudinal DEI curriculum have also been described 32,42 .…”

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Upholding Our PROMISE: Underrepresented in Medicine Pediatric Residents' Perspectives on Interventions to Promote Belonging

Yemane,

Kas-Osoka,

Burns

et al. 2023

Acad Med

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Purpose Underrepresented in medicine (UIM) residents experience challenges during training that threaten their sense of belonging in medicine, therefore residency programs should intentionally implement interventions to promote inclusion and belonging. This study explored UIM pediatric residents’ perspectives on current residency program measures designed to achieve this goal. Method The authors conducted a secondary qualitative analysis as part of a national cross-sectional study, PROmoting Med-ed Insight into Supportive Environments (PROMISE), which explored pediatric residents’ experiences and perspectives during training in relation to their self-identities. A 23-item web-based survey was distributed through the Association of Pediatric Program Directors Longitudinal Educational Research Assessment Network from October 2020 to January 2021. Participants provided free-text responses to the question “What are current measures that promote a sense of belonging for the UIM community in your training program?” The authors used conventional content analysis to code and identify themes in responses from UIM participants. Results Of the 1,748 residents invited to participate, 931 (53%) residents from 29 programs completed the survey, with 167 (18%) identifying as UIM. Of the 167 UIM residents, 74 (44%) residents from 22 programs responded to the free-text question. The authors coded more than 140 unique free-text responses and identified 7 major themes: (1) critical mass of UIM residents; (2) focused recruitment of UIM residents; (3) social support, including opportunities to build community among UIM residents; (4) mentorship; (5) caring and responsive leadership; (6) education on health disparities, diversity, equity, inclusion, and antiracism; and (7) opportunities to serve, including giving back to the local community and near-peer mentorship of UIM premedical and medical students. Conclusions This is the first national study to describe UIM pediatric residents’ perspectives on interventions that promote a sense of belonging. Programs should consider implementing these interventions to foster inclusion and belonging among UIM trainees.

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On Seeing Long Shadows: Is Academic Medicine at its Core a Practice of Racial Oppression?

Huddle

2024

HEC Forum

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Racial Affinity Group Caucusing in Medical Education — A Key Supplement to Antiracism Curricula

Cited by 8 publications

References 4 publications

Activist Mediators, Mediator Activists: The Neutrality Trap

Activist Mediators, Mediator Activists: The Neutrality Trap

Upholding Our PROMISE: Underrepresented in Medicine Pediatric Residents' Perspectives on Interventions to Promote Belonging

On Seeing Long Shadows: Is Academic Medicine at its Core a Practice of Racial Oppression?

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