LibGuides: Anti-Racism Resource Guide: Anti-Racism in the Health Sciences

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This page targets Tufts health sciences students, instructors, clinicians, and researchers seeking information generally about the intersection of race and medicine, dentistry, nutrition, public health, and biomedical sciences. The featured topic is chosen by the guide author(s) and will be rotated quarterly to bring attention to trending topics and give examples of specific types of resources available.

Featured Topic: Anti-Racism Curricula in Health Sciences Education

Anti-Racism in Higher Education by Arun Verma (Editor)
ISBN: 9781447364726

Publication Date: 2022

This book disrupts the higher education sector through ambitious actions and collective, participatory and evidence-informed responses to racism. It offers a roadmap for senior leaders, staff and students to build strategies, programs and interventions that effectively tackle racism. Arising from current staff and recent student experiences, this book supports institutions driving equality, diversity, inclusion and intersectional programs in higher education. (Description from publisher)

Anti-racism curricula in undergraduate medical education: A scoping review (2024)
The Current State of Antiracism Curricula in Undergraduate and Graduate Medical Education: A Qualitative Study of US Academic Health Centers (2023)
Implementation of a Comprehensive Anti-Racism Plan in an Academic Physical Therapy Department: An Administrative Case Report (2023)
Exploring public health education's integration of critical race theories: A scoping review (2023)
An Abolitionist Approach to Antiracist Medical Education (2022)
National Anti-racism in Medicine Curriculum Coalition
A source of learning modules, live sessions, and articles developed by a coalition of physicians, scholars, educators, trainees, community leaders, advocates, and researchers who are interested in advancing anti-racism curricula in all healthcare professions.

Databases and Collections

MedEdPORTAL Anti-Racism Collection
A collection within AAMC's MedEdPORTAL intended to provide educators with practice-based, peer-reviewed resources to teach anti-racist knowledge and clinical skills, elevate the educational scholarship of anti-racist curricula.
VisualDx
A point-of-care and differential diagnosis tool that has one of the largest banks of clinical images and illustrations in patients with skin of color.

Books

Cultivating Food Justice by Alison Hope Alkon (Editor); Julian Agyeman (Editor)
Call Number: Available online; HD 9005 C88 2011

ISBN: 9780262516327

Publication Date: 2011
Inequality Kills Us All by Stephen Bezruchka
Call Number: Exhibit ; WA 540 B574 2023

ISBN: 9781032326214

Publication Date: 2022
The Pain Gap by Anushay Hossain
Call Number: WA 309.1 H829 2021

ISBN: 9781982177775

Publication Date: 2021
Racism : science and tools for the public health professional by Chandra L. Ford (Editor); Derek M. Griffith (Editor); Marino A. Bruce (Editor); Keon L. Gilbert (Editor)
ISBN: 9780875533032

Publication Date: 2019
The Sum of Us by Heather McGhee
Call Number: Exhibit ; Non-Fiction M478 2022

ISBN: 9780525509585

Publication Date: 2022

Journals

Content Advisory

This note is to advise readers that the content throughout this research guide addresses race-based harm and/or violence towards Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) communities.

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