It has been tremendous to see the overwhelming support of medical students towards the Black Lives Matter movement. MedSoc stands next to those who champion for equality at our University and in our communities. As MedSoc, we feel we are in a position to play our part in addressing race education and stamping out racism within medical education.
Thus we have decided to launch our campaign ‘Cut Racism Out’ outlining our key initiatives:
We will send a series of social media posts to continue our support for BLM and provide educational resources that look to challenge internal biases within us. In addition, we will create a blog where medical students can anonymously share stories on placement/University in which they felt discriminated upon.
A review of the curriculum that looks to develop the skills and confidence of medical students to recognise and treat different case presentations of disease that can occur in different races. In addition, we want lectures, reading material and teaching resources that looks to challenge internal biases when interacting with patients and peers.
We will look into the reporting procedures from all placements affiliated with Sheffield Medical School. We want student engagement on their experiences of reporting concerns and the protocol all placements follow to manage reports of racism to ensure they are not repeated.
Disclaimer: This is in no way an exhaustive list of resources! For more, here are some links to even more resources:
Just in case you missed some previous social media posts from MedSoc regarding the BLM movement
Instagram – 04/06/2020 on @sheffmedsoc
Facebook – 10/06/2020 on http://www.facebook.com/SheffieldMedSoc