National Anti-Racism in Medicine (NAMCC) Scholars Program
Program description: The NAMCC Scholars program is a one-year longitudinal program designed to cultivate the next generation of leaders in anti-racism education in medicine. The program is led by the co-chairs of NAMCC: J. Corey Williams, MD, MA, Ashley Walker, MD, and Rachele Yadon, MD. The NAMCC is currently sponsored by the American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (ABPN).
Goals:
By the end of the program, each scholar will:
Understand the foundational principles of medical curriculum development
Apply foundational principles of curriculum development to anti-racism in medical education
Be effective collaborators in medical education research
Develop as a leader in anti-racism education in medicine
Become informed consumers of the medical education research literature on anti-racism topics
Understand the current challenges with implementing an anti-racism curriculum in academic medicine
Gain critical skills for advocacy to advance anti-racism education in medicine
Funding:
Each scholar will be awarded a $1,000 professional development fund for education and training-related expenses including books, courses, conference fees, travel, software, etc.
Program requirements:
The course requires each participant to complete a hypothesis-driven scholarly project by the end of the program. The initial months of the program are focused on developing your project topic and intervention. Other program requirements:
Meet with NAMCC co-chairs monthly to discuss self-directed materials and capstone project
Complete monthly self-directed learning resources (e.g., journal club articles, videos, podcasts)
Present a works-in-progress (WIP) presentation for the NAMCC Community of Practice
Meet with a specific project mentor on at least a quarterly basis
Examples of capstone projects:
Facilitate a learning community session within Georgetown faculty
Develop an online interactive self-paced module to be published on the NAMCC website
Develop a MedEd portal submission (i.e. AAMC Journal of Teaching and Learning Resources)
Design a NAMCC pilot course for internal members
Submit a conference poster, workshop, or clinical case for an established academic conference
NAMCC scholars self-directed learning:
Foundations of curriculum development:
Kern, D. E. (2016). A six-step approach to curriculum development. Curriculum development for medical education, 3, 5-9.
Schreurs, J. (2006, October). EFQM and Kirkpatrick in a Framework for Evaluation of E-learning. In E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education (pp. 1780-1785). Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).
Foundations of anti-racism in medicine:
Ibrahim, Z., Brown, C., Crow, B., Roumimper, H., & Kureshi, S. (2022). The Propagation of Race and Racial Differences as Biological in Preclinical Education. Medical Science Educator, 1-11.
Amutah C, Greenidge K, Mante A, Munyikwa M, Surya SL, Higginbotham E, Jones DS, Lavizzo-Mourey R, Roberts D, Tsai J, Aysola J. Misrepresenting race—the role of medical schools in propagating physician bias. New England Journal of Medicine. 2021 Mar 4;384(9):872-8.
Foundations of advocacy:
Jordan A, Shim RS, Rodriguez CI, Bath E, Alves-Bradford JM, Eyler L, Trinh NH, Hansen H, Mangurian C. Psychiatry diversity leadership in academic medicine: guidelines for success. American Journal of Psychiatry. 2021 Mar 1;178(3):224-8.
Moten, F., & Harney, S. (2004). The university and the undercommons: Seven theses. Social Text, 22(2), 101-115.