Creating an Action Plan to Dismantle Structural Racism
Trainer: Ruth Shim, MD, MPH
The course helps to prepare participants to implement strategies to dismantle structural racism in their own mental health care organizations.
Participants will learn about effective strategies for dismantling structural racism and will also contemplate who to adapt these strategies in their organizations. Barriers to success and plans for sustainability will be discussed. Participants will develop clear commitments to action and consider how technology and telemedicine intersects with this plan.
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Agenda Topics
| 1. Solutions and Strategies | |
| 2. Performing a Needs Assessment | |
| 3. Developing an Action Plan | |
| 4. Applications for Technology and Telemedicine | |
| 5. Considering Sustainability |
Learning Objectives
| As a result of attending this training, participants will be able to: |
| 1. Name three strategies for dismantling structural racism in healthcare settings. |
| 2. Develop an action plan for dismantling structurally racist policies in your health care setting – with a particular emphasis on telemedicine and technology. |
| 3. Identify the resources needed to create sustainable change in your health care setting. |
Assignments
| Day 11: The Problem with Race-Based Medicine |
| 1. Watch this TED Talk (14 minutes) The Problem with Race-Based Medicine |
| 2. Answer the self-reflection questions: What false beliefs have you learned in your training that you now realize (after watching the video) are a product of racialized medicine? What steps do we need to take to remove these beliefs from our clinical practice? |
| Day 12: The Return of Race Science |
| 1. Listen to this NPR Podcast (22 minutes) The Return of Race Science |
| 2. Answer the self-reflection question: Consider your understanding of race, racism, genetics, and ancestry. How has incomplete understanding led to inappropriate analyses of race in research? |
| Day 13: Let’s Quit Abusing Drug Users |
| 1. Watch this TED Talk (19 minutes) Let’s Quit Abusing Drug Users |
| 2. Answer the self-reflection questions: What drugs do I most associate with dangerousness and criminality? Are these associations rooted in medical knowledge, or stigma and bias? |
| Day 14: White Supremacy Culture and Racial Equity Principles |
| 1. Read the article, “White Supremacy Culture – Still Here” (15 minutes) to be provided |
| 2. Review this website (10 minutes) White Supremacy Culture |
| 3. Answer the self-reflection question: How have white supremacy cultural ideals impacted your work settings and which of these ideals do I value most? |
| Day 20: Progress and Allyship |
| 1. Read this article – Americans Are Determined to Believe in Black Progress (10 minutes) |
| 2. Read this article – What Happens When White Women Become the Face of Diversity (5 minutes): to be provided |
| 3. Answer the self-reflection question: What are the ways that believing in racial progress and prioritizing diversity in White women has allowed me to feel comfortable? |
| Weekend BONUS #3 |
| 1. Listen to Podcast (51 minutes) On Being with Krista Tippett |
| 2. Answer the self-reflection question: What comforts am I willing to give up to be an antiracist? |
