Mitigating Bias and Advancing Health Equity: Developing a Social Emergency Medicine Curriculum Using Antiracist Pedagogy (ADIEM-Sponsored)

Social emergency medicine curricula are becoming increasingly important, but structured resources and methodologies to guide their development remain scarce. For decades, leaders in higher education have researched and applied anti-racist best practices, which we believe should be foundational in all medical education, especially in the field of health equity. At Brown University’s Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning, we implemented a comprehensive, two-year curriculum titled "Striving for Equity in Emergency Medicine (SEEM)," designed to address health equity through antiracist principles. This session will share our experience in applying anti-racist pedagogy to create an inclusive learning environment and enhance faculty and resident engagement. We will explore how these strategies have increased awareness of structural and social barriers to health equity, fostered open dialogue on complex issues, and led to a shared sense of responsibility in addressing disparities. Attendees will gain practical insights into how to adapt or develop their own health equity curricula, incorporating lessons from SEEM to ensure it meets the unique needs of their learners. By implementing these antiracist strategies, attendees will be better equipped to promote advocacy for equitable healthcare and create an inclusive and dynamic educational setting.

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion of this session, participants should be able to:
  • Identifying and applying key principles of an Anti-Racist Curriculum
  • Articulating specific justifications for using anti-racist pedagogy in medical education
  • Introducing the steps necessary to develop a comprehensive Social Emergency Medicine curriculum outline
  • Discussing the creative process and necessary step to create and implement a new curriculum and identifying methods to incorporate antiracist pedagogical principles into existing curriculums

Presenters:

  • Fahad Ali, MD
  • Gianna Petrone, DO
  • Almaz Dessie, MD
  • Ambuj Suri, MD
  • Denise Marte, MD
Authors
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    Fahad Ali, MD

    Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University

    Dr. Ali is an assistant professor of Emergency Medicine with the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. He is also core faculty with the Department's Social Emergency Medicine Divsion and holds leadership positions pertaining to Health Equity and Belonging.

  • Gianna Petrone, DO

    Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University

    Dr. Petrone is an assistant residency program director. She earned her bachelor of science degree in biology from Manhattan College and Medical Degree from The University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine in Biddeford Maine. Dr. Petrone completed her emergency medicine residency and served as chief resident at Kent Hospital in Warwick RI. She recently completed a one year medical simulation fellowship with Brown Emergency Medicine.

    Dr. Petrone is an assistant professor of emergency medicine at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and an attending physician at The Miriam Hospital and Rhode Island Hospital. Her current interests include curriculum development, simulation-based airway management and emergency procedural skills training in the bariatric population.

  • Almaz Dessie, MD

    Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University

    Dr. Almaz Dessie is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. She earned her BA in Music Theory and Composition, cum laude, and her MD with a concentration in Global Health from Brown University's Program in Liberal Medical Education. Dr. Dessie completed her pediatrics residency at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland, followed by fellowships in Pediatric Emergency Medicine at Brown University and Emergency Ultrasound at Columbia University.

    Dr. Dessie is an expert in pediatric point-of-care ultrasound. She also has a passion for diversifying the healthcare workforce and provision of equitable, justice-informed emergency care. At Brown, she is the director of the Pediatric Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship and Director of Diversity and Inclusion for the Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine. She researches the use of point-of-care ultrasound in pediatric emergency resuscitation. She has received numerous awards for her work both in ultrasound and diversity, equity, and inclusion in medicine, most recently the Brown Physicians, Inc. Career Development Award and the Hasbro Children’s Hospital Emergency Department Exemplary Award. She practices as a pediatric emergency medicine physician at Hasbro Children's Hospital in Providence, RI.

  • Ambuj Suri, MD

    Brown University

    Dr. Suri is a third year resident at Brown Emergency medicine and currently serves as the Chief of Equity and Inclusion

  • Denise Marte, MD

    Brown Emergency Medicine

    Denise Marte, MD is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. Dr. Marte is commited to advancing the science and practice of Social Emergency Medicine and currently serves on the curriculum committee for Brown Emergency Medicine's Social Equity in Emergency Medicine (SEEM) curriculum. Dr. Marte completed medical school at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, and her EM training at the New York Presbyterian Hospitals of Columbia & Cornell Universities.

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