Table 1.

Suggested approaches to antiracism in academic medicine

Antiracism in the formal curriculum
Establish antiracism training as an ACGME common program requirement
Include scholarship on race and medicine in journal club discussions
Develop specific formal didactics on issues of racism in medicine
Incorporate issues of racism in medicine into typical didactic exercises

Antiracism in the hidden curriculum
Normalize discussing potential impacts of racism on specific clinical cases
Call out interpersonal racism in team conversations
Reexamine performance evaluation processes for vulnerabilities of racial bias
Establish mechanisms for remedying harms and providing corrective feedback

Antiracism in faculty advancement
Encourage sponsorship and mentorship of Black junior faculty
Relieve the “minority tax” of administrative burden
Allocate protected time and resources to diversity and inclusion-related committees
Review promotion and tenure criteria to reward equity-focused work
Identify sources of funding for equity-based research
Add minority faculty to selection committees
Require a diverse pool of applicants for all new hires

Definition of abbreviation: ACGME = Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.