Jonathan M. Metzl|J.D. Petty|Oluwatunmise V. Olowojoba
Using a structural competency framework to teach structural racism in pre-health education
Vanderbilt University|Vanderbilt University|Vanderbilt University
inclusion structural competency training prehealth undergraduate programs may offer significant benefits future healthcare professionals paper presents results comparative study interdisciplinary prehealth curriculum based structural competency traditional premedical curriculum authors describe interdisciplinary prehealth curriculum titled medicine health society mhs vanderbilt university authors use new survey tool structural foundations health survey evaluate structural skills sensibilities analysis compares mhs majors n 185 premed science majors n 63 firstsemester freshmen n 91 particular attention understanding structural factors shape health research conducted august 2015 december 2016 results suggest mhs majors identified analyzed relationships structural factors health outcomes higher rates deeper ways premed science majors freshmen also demonstrated higher understanding structural implicit racism health disparities skills mhs students exhibited represent proficiencies increasingly stressed mcat aamc educational bodies emphasize contextual factors shape expressions health illness