Anti-Racism education Program
The AAN’s vision is to be indispensable to its members; our mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all. We cannot be indispensable, promote brain health for all, or enhance the career fulfillment of our members, if we ignore the pervasive inequities that are often barriers in our society. To achieve this vision and mission, we must offer learning opportunities to increase awareness of the toll of racism in society along with building skills for mitigating the impact that historic, deeply rooted, and systemic inequities have on our members, our patients, and the communities we serve.
The AAN Anti-racism Education Program is an on demand, learn at your own pace anti-racism core curriculum unique for all AAN members. This program is designed to be completed over several months with built-in time for reflection between the four modules covering the following topics:
Module 1: Setting the Stage: Reflections on Race, Identity, and Socialization
Module 2: The History of Racism in Neurology: Member Experiences with Bias and Racism
Module 3: Patient Care Stories: Vignettes in Clinical and Academic Neurology
Module 4: Institutional Structures: Racism in Training and Anti-racism Leadership
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- Recognize anti-racism as a professional competency, engage in conversations about race and racism, and practice skills to improve patient care
- Identify embedded racism and inequities within systems, institutional structures, policies, and their effects on health care outcomes
- Understand how to apply a racial equity framework to their own clinical practice and in health care systems
COST
Free to Members
This program is supported in part by an educational grant from Bristol Myers Squibb.
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The AAN Anti-racism Education Program takes participants on a journey that, with each module, provides them with a deeper understanding of racism and how to recognize it and confront it in our daily lives.
- Nimish A. Mohile, MD, FAAN, Chair, AAN Anti-racism Education Program Work Group