Responding to Racism in the Clinical Setting: A Novel Use of Forum Theatre in Social Medicine Education

Manzi, Joel; Casapulla, Sharon; Kropf, Katherine; Baker, Brandi; Biechler, Merri; Finch, Tiandra; Gerth, Alyssa; Randolph, Christina

doi:10.1007/s10912-020-09608-8

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“…Encouraging critical, place‐based learning about systemic racism for White people is but a part of the greater whole. In that vein, creative collaboration amongst BIPOC community members, organizers, educators, medical professionals, policy‐makers, artists, and psychological, public health, and education researchers (e.g., Fernández et al, 2020; Manton & Williams, 2021; Manzi et al, 2020; Okaka et al, 2021) is essential for producing the transformation needed to unravel the technologies upholding systemic racism.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

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Transformative dissonant encounters: Opportunities for cultivating antiracism in White nursing students

Dancis

Coleman

2021

Nursing Inquiry

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Sharply in focus in the United States right now is the disproportionate COVID‐19 infection, hospitalization, and mortality rates of Black, Indigenous, Hispanic, and Pacific Islanders living in the United States in contrast to White people. These COVID‐19 disparities are but one example of how systemic racism filters into health outcomes for many Black, Indigenous, and other People of Color (BIPOC). With these issues front and center, more attention is being given to the ways that White medical professionals contribute to these disparities, including their socialization to ignore or deny inequities. As such, the present study sought to understand how educating White health‐care pre‐professionals about systemic racism might influence their understanding of and responsibility for disrupting White supremacy. Data were drawn from 49 White‐identified nursing students who participated in a mapping project that uncovered instantiations of systemic racism in the United States. Participant written reflections were analyzed using thematic analysis. Findings revealed that mapping projects can develop White people's knowledge and understanding of systemic racism. We introduce the construct, transformative dissonant encounters, to describe how this project precipitated shifts in world view necessary for White people to confront systemic racism. Implications for nursing educators, psychological researchers, and antiracist activists are discussed.

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Transformative dissonant encounters: Opportunities for cultivating antiracism in White nursing students

Dancis

Coleman

2021

Nursing Inquiry

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“…Some medical schools have implemented antiracism training programs, including student‐led narrative medicine for antiracism for students, residents, and faculty 2 ; institution‐wide training with a focus on awareness of privilege and bias 3 ; the use of a forum theater to explore racism and antiracism 4 ; and guidance on language from national medical associations 5 . Institutional investment in evidence‐based clinical communication training can provide clinicians with tools for recognizing opportunities for culturally sensitive patient interactions.…”

Section: (Continuing) Medical Education: Cultural Humility and Commun...mentioning

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“…The value of using an arts-based approach lies in constructing a different narrative, making room for ways of knowing and learning that exist outside of Eurocentrism and sharing different stories from the voices of those who are often silenced (Griffith & Semlow, 2020); in this case, the voices of racially diverse nurses. Teaching methods like theatre and storytelling can be a novel method that encourages critical thinking, reflection, and active participation of both student and teacher (Manzi et al, 2020). Application of film as a tool can be valuable in helping nursing students reflect on their values and beliefs, and also, in challenging the dominant ideology that underlies both academic and healthcare systems that are deeply entrenched in Eurocentric values (Kagan, 2009).…”

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Hearing Our Voices: A Descriptive Process of Using Film for Anti-racist Action in Nursing

Danda

Pitcher

Key³

2022

CJCND

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Racism in healthcare is real and it impacts nurses in ways that permeate the culture of healthcare. In the context of increasing social discourse about racism in healthcare, a group of nurses in British Columbia, Canada, felt a moral obligation to expose the social injustice of the systemic racism they had witnessed or experienced. They used film, an arts-based medium, as an innovative tool with the potential to reach an array of viewers, for this nurse activist project in anti-racist action. The creative process allowed for a racially diverse group of nurses to engage in meaningful dialogue about racism in healthcare. The purpose of this descriptive methodological article is to describe how a creative team of novice nurse filmmakers used the nursing process as a framework to carry this project from concept to execution. The stages described include the rationale for developing the film, the process of utilizing this as a means of nurse activism, and the value of using film as a strategy for social activism. Film was used to engage nurses and nursing students in anti-racist work that critically challenges the structural racism embedded in healthcare. We request that all readers view our film in conjunction with reading this article to best grasp how this article and the film complement one another because the film and article are intended to co-exist and not to exist in isolation from one another.

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Responding to Racism in the Clinical Setting: A Novel Use of Forum Theatre in Social Medicine Education

Cited by 20 publications

References 37 publications

Transformative dissonant encounters: Opportunities for cultivating antiracism in White nursing students

Transformative dissonant encounters: Opportunities for cultivating antiracism in White nursing students

Reply to “Empathic communication: The premise of inclusive care for historically excluded populations”

Hearing Our Voices: A Descriptive Process of Using Film for Anti-racist Action in Nursing

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