Tracy MacIntosh, Michelle Hernandez, Anuja S Mehta
Identifying, Addressing, and Eliminating Microaggressions in Healthcare
HCA healthcare journal of medicine
objective determine survey inclusion systemic racism education us doctor pharmacy pharmd curricula identify barriers facilitators addressing contentmethods survey developed distributed curricular representatives us colleges schools pharmacy survey assessed inclusion systemic racism education curricula faculty involvement teaching systemic racism content barriers adding systemic racism content curricula future curricular plans data analyzed using descriptive statistics institutional background information curricular content barriers inclusion relationships inclusion systemic racism content public versus private programs examined associations traditional accelerated programs assessedresults fiftyeight colleges schools pharmacy provided usable responses respondents 84 indicated teaching systemic racism content impact health health care low priority 24 respondents systemic racism content currently included curriculum 34 indicated systemic racism content included one courses modules focus despite systemic racism content offered didactic year rarely included experiential curricula top barriers inclusion lack faculty knowledge comfort content limited curricular space significant differences found program typesconclusion based current level systemic racism education barriers inclusion faculty need training resources teach systemic racism concepts within pharmacy curricula inclusion systemic racism concepts guidance accreditation council pharmacy educations accreditation standards could help drive meaningful change promote health equity