This toolkit focuses on supporting medical schools and residencies to adapt their clinical curricula to be more diverse, equitable, and inclusive by providing an abundance of clinically relevant learning objectives, resources, activities, and reflection points that can easily be plugged into existing curricula.This page includes links to the curriculum resources, as well as a link to the DEIA Curriculum Toolkit and Implementation Guide. We encourage use of the Implementation guide in order to get the best out of the linked resources.
DEIA Curriculum Topics
Pediatrics
Highlights equitable care for children and adolescents, focusing on social determinants of health, family context, and disparities affecting pediatric populations.
Outpatient Adult Medicine
Focuses on integrating DEIA principles into ambulatory care, including recognizing implicit bias and its impact on clinical decision-making and patient interactions.
Inpatient Adult Medicine
Addresses DEIA concepts in hospital-based care, including structural inequities, bias in documentation, and clinical decision-making that may contribute to disparities.
OB-GYN/Sexuality
Explores disparities in reproductive and sexual health, including maternal health inequities and culturally responsive, patient-centered care.
Rationale of the Curriculum
Racial health disparities in the US health system contribute to shorter life spans, higher burden of chronic disease, poorer health outcomes and a general mistrust of health care by people and communities of color. This impact also applies to women, gender minorities, people with disabilities, and other marginalized populations. This curriculum resource was created to help programs address racial/social health disparities and teach medical learners to provide equitable health care to various marginalized populations.
ACGME Mandate and Recommendations for Program
The American College of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) mandates that residencies work to mitigate these injustices. To reverse historical and current disparities, medical education must address Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Antiracism (DEIA) in multiple ways. Some opportunities include creating diverse faculty, leadership, and learner pipeline programs; developing proactive recruitment of and systems of support for underrepresented groups; ensuring safe spaces for learners, patients, colleagues, and staff of diverse backgrounds; and adapting the content of what we teach to reflect the needs of diverse groups.
