Achieving Anti-Racism in Medical Education
Transforming the Culture of Medicine

Systemic racism affects every sector of the medical education work and learning environment, from the staff and faculty who are the backbone of every medical school, to what and how medical students are taught, who teaches them, and how they are supported and evaluated.Achieving Anti-Racism in Medical Educationaddresses the underlying root causes of racism in medicine and medical education-the profession’s culture, values, and mental models-and offers practical, real-world strategies for transforming its white dominant culture instead of merely reacting to crises and solving discrete problems.

• Offers a ground-breaking, five-phase approach to dismantling racism in medical education with a strategy that is broadly transformative, lifelong, people-dependent, and responsive to the world around us.
• Offers activity-led guidance for medical education-from readiness and engagement through implementation, change management, and sustainability.
• Provides practical tools and guidance to establish a self-sustaining cycle, including downloadable forms and worksheets.
• Written by authors who have established a thriving anti-racism program at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and eleven additional schools who have participated in their framework.
• Includes student perspectives.
• An outstanding resource for faculty, staff, students, administrators, and leaders in medical education, as well as those in other areas of health care who provide education and training.
• An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures and references, with the ability to search, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud.

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Dr. Hess is Founder and Co-Director of the The Center for Antiracism in Practice. She has over eight years of experience teaching masters level courses on contemporary social issues, focusing on racism, sexism, ableism, and heterocentrism. Dr. Hess facilitates opportunities to engage in deeper dialogue, challenge the status quo, promote critical thinking and systems thinking, and identify sound actions and a strategy toward systemic change. Hess holds a PhD from Columbia University and an MSW from New York University.
Ann-Gel S. Palermo is the Senior Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (ISMMS) and the Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer in Education and Research of the Mount Sinai Health System's Office for Diversity and Inclusion. Dr. Palermo is also the co-director of the newly established ISMMS Center for Antiracism in Practice. Dr. Palermo provides leadership, strategic vision, and guidance in the integration of diversity, equity, and inclusion principles into the structures, policies, and practices of the education and research environments. Dr. Palermo spearheads and works in partnership with senior leaders to develop and implement initiatives with effective accountability and assessment mechanisms to foster a holistic, equitable, and thriving environment for Mount Sinai faculty, staff, students, and trainees. Dr. Palermo is the national chair of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Group on Student Affairs (GSA) Committee on Student Diversity Affairs (COSDA).
David Muller's work focuses on the impact of racism and bias on medical education and creating alternative pathways to medical school in an effort to redefine national standards for undergraduate and post-bac pre-med preparation. His honors include the 2015 Alpha Omega Alpha Robert J. Glaser Distinguished Teacher Award and the 2009 American Medical Association (AMA) Foundation Pride in the Profession Award. U