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IMPROVing communication about diversity, equity, and inclusion in health professions education.
Muldoon, Kathleen M.
  • Muldoon KM; Department of Anatomy, College of Graduate Studies and Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine, Midwestern University, Glendale, AZ, USA.
Anat Rec (Hoboken) ; 305(4): 1000-1018, 2022 04.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1661587
ABSTRACT
There has never been a stronger call for authenticity in health professions education than this moment in time. The health inequities laid bare by the COVID-19 syndemic (a concept that describes the clustering of SARS-CoV-2 infection and disease by political, social, and economic factors) compels health professions educators to learn how to best engage in, sustain, and deepen conversations on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) within our learning environments. Health professions curricula should address such concerns through explicit faculty training programs in dialogue models of communication. In this commentary, I propose that medical improv can help refocus health professions training to the humanistic values of empathy for others and respect for multiple viewpoints. Medical improv refers to teaching methods that adapt improvisation principles and exercises to enhance professional competencies in the health professions, such as communication. I describe a training series implemented at one institution to prepare faculty facilitators to engage in conversations about DEI in a discussion-based core course on the social determinants of health for first year medical students called "Humanity in Medicine." Key elements of dialogue training, including examinations of identity and positionality, caretaking and team-making, and conversations with a skeptic, are viewed through the lens of improv exercises as a pedagogy in communication. I report on facilitator and medical students' positive response to facilitator training and the Humanity in Medicine course. Potential next steps towards a formal evaluation of the method, and outcomes assessments of the use of improv in health professions training are discussed.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Communication / Health Occupations Type of study: Experimental Studies / Observational study / Prognostic study Limits: Humans Language: English Journal: Anat Rec (Hoboken) Journal subject: Anatomy Year: 2022 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: Ar.24864

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Communication / Health Occupations Type of study: Experimental Studies / Observational study / Prognostic study Limits: Humans Language: English Journal: Anat Rec (Hoboken) Journal subject: Anatomy Year: 2022 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: Ar.24864