Dismantling Structural Racism to Advance Health Equity

Ruth Shim, MD, MPH, is the Luke & Grace Kim Professor in Cultural Psychiatry, Professor of Clinical Psychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of California, Davis, and Associate Dean of Diverse and Inclusive Education at the UC Davis School of Medicine. Dr. Shim is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and serves on the Editorial Boards of Psychiatric Services, JAMA Psychiatry, Community Mental Health Journal, and American Psychiatric Publishing, and is co-editor of the books, The Social Determinants of Mental Health, and Social (In)Justice and Mental Health. She is an expert on mental health equity, structural racism in medicine, and diversity, equity, and inclusion in academic medicine.

After graduating from Howard University with a BA in History, Karinn Glover, MD, MPH worked at Essence Magazine and as an Account Executive for Verizon. She followed her curiosity about medicine and ultimately attended SUNY Downstate College of Medicine and obtained an MPH from Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health. Currently Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Dr. Glover teaches psychopharmacology and psychotherapy to Psychiatry and Family Medicine residents. Her career as a consultant and educator has informed her expertise in the fields of health equity, workplace mental health, and organizational success.

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There are three (3) modules to complete, which include:

1. Module 1: Introduction to Structural Racism and Health Equity
2. Module 2: Structural Racism in Health Care and the United States
3. Module 3: Dismantling Structural Racism in Health Care Settings

The course requires the completion of all activities. After you’ve completed each module’s learning activity, you will have access to a final exam with multiple-choice questions and a chance to evaluate this course. You will have up to three opportunities to take the final exam and achieve the required score of >=70%.

Once you have passed that last test, you will be able to download a Certificate of Completion from NextGenU.org and our course’s co-sponsoring organizations. We keep all of your personal information confidential, never sell any of your information, and only use anonymized data for research purposes. We are also happy to report your testing information and share your work with anyone (your school, employer, etc.) at your request. We hope you will find this a rewarding learning experience, and we count on your feedback to help us improve this training for future students.

Time estimation for the course:

The completion time for this course is estimated at 18 hours at an average rate of 144 words/minute, comprising 5 hours of learning resources, 8 hours to study the content and assimilation, and 5 hours of participating in learning activities and quizzes, to assist the learners in the synthesis of learning materials.

Engaging with this course:

You may browse this course for free to learn for personal enrichment; there are no requirements. This free course is primarily intended for healthcare executives.

To obtain a certificate, a learner must first register for the course and then successfully complete:

• Complete all the reading requirements;
• Complete all activities and associated certification quizzes;
• Successfully complete the final exam with a minimum of 70% and a maximum of 3 attempts; and
• Complete the self and course evaluation forms.

To obtain credit:

• Complete all requirements listed above for the certificate; and
• Your learning institution or workplace should approve the partner-university-sponsored NextGenU.org course for educational credit, as they would for their learner taking a course anywhere.  

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• A link to and description of the course training, so they can see all its components, including the co-sponsoring universities and other professional organization co-sponsors; 
• Your grade on the final exam;
• Your work products (e.g., peer and mentored activities) and any other required or optional shared materials that you produce and authorize to share with them;  
• Your evaluations - course, self, peer, and mentor assessments; and
• A copy of your certificate of completion, with the co-sponsoring universities and other organizations listed.

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We hope that you will find this a rewarding learning experience, and we count on your assessment and feedback to help us improve this training for future students.

Next steps:

• Complete the registration form; and 
• Begin the course with Module 1: Introduction to Structural Racism and Health Equity. In each lesson, read the description, complete all required readings and any required activity, and take the corresponding quizzes.