Introducing Critically Conscious Connections: Filling Gaps in Healthcare Education and Training
The healthcare field has long recognized the need to address social determinants of health, promote antiracism and anti-oppression, and advance equity within the system. However, significant gaps persist in healthcare education and training curricula, leaving professionals ill-equipped to navigate these critical issues. This lack of comprehensive content surrounding historical abuse, structural violence, power dynamics, and the origins of health inequities perpetuates systemic disparities in care.
Institutional leaders often attribute these gaps to faculty's limited expertise, resulting in a minimal inclusion of these critical issues in curricula. This perpetuates a systemic failure to fully educate healthcare professionals on the historical and political context of inequities, placing an unfair burden on marginalized individuals to advance equity discourse. This exacerbates the already existing minority tax and cycle of gaslighting they face.
The absence of a humanizing approach and historical/political context in addressing health disparities contributes to the perpetuation of race-based medicine. This approach presents health disparities as hard facts or merely scientific evidence, neglecting the psychological, emotional, and intellectual harm it inflicts on BIPOC individuals. This omission undermines psychological safety within the learning environment, further compounding the harm.
To address these gaps and foster a more inclusive learning environment, it is imperative to incorporate a comprehensive understanding of health disparities. This includes recognizing the social, historical, and political determinants of inequities and their impact on individuals and communities. By integrating these perspectives, curricula can promote a more accurate and compassionate understanding of health disparities while fostering psychological safety for all learners.
Furthermore, it is essential to ensure that assessments and evaluations are conducted by individuals well-informed about inequities. This helps avoid perpetuating bias and ensures a fair and equitable assessment process.
By embracing a humanizing and comprehensive approach to health disparities, curricula can mitigate the perpetuation of race-based medicine, promote psychological safety, and empower learners to become advocates for equitable healthcare practices. Institutions must prioritize these changes to create an inclusive learning environment that values and respects the experiences and knowledge of marginalized communities.
Introducing Critically Conscious Connections (CCC)
This is where Critically Conscious Connections (CCC) comes in. CCC is an innovative online learning platform launched by Sharon Washington Consulting (SWC) to address the pressing need for comprehensive and engaging educational resources. We aim to bridge the gaps in longitudinal curricula and integrate critical consciousness raising through dialogue, learning, and application. We are committed to driving transformative change within organizations and empowering healthcare professionals to become agents of equity.
What sets CCC apart from other DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) training sources is the exceptional expertise of the SWC team behind it. Unlike many DEI firms led by tech and HR experts, CCC is led by educators and clinicians with deep expertise in the intersections of systemic inequity, race and racism, and healthcare. Our unique approach confronts the most challenging intersections of DEI discourse, firmly grounding our approach to equity in healing and love. With backgrounds in health education, public health, medical education, medicine, and nursing, our team ensures that the content provided is relevant, up-to-date, and rooted in the principles of health equity, anti-oppression, and an intersectional approach to DEIA.
At CCC, we believe that learning should be dynamic and engaging. Our courses are interactive, multimedia-rich, and thought-provoking, enabling learners to deeply explore an intersectional approach to the complexities of race, historical trauma, social inequality, and justice. By centering critical consciousness and fostering reflective practice, CCC empowers individuals to challenge biases, dismantle systemic barriers, and promote equity in healthcare and beyond.
The feedback we have received from our users has been overwhelmingly positive, with a satisfaction rating of over 90%. Learners appreciate the depth and breadth of the content, finding it both enlightening and transformative. By engaging with CCC, individuals and organizations gain the knowledge, tools, and skills necessary to navigate DEIA issues in healthcare with confidence and cultural humility.
Take Action with Critically Conscious Connections
Critically Conscious Connections offers various options to address the gaps in healthcare education and training. Institutions can leverage bulk licenses to our online courses and seamlessly integrate them into their longitudinal curriculum. They can also utilize CCC for faculty, facilitator, or leadership training to enhance preparedness and foster a more inclusive learning environment.
Furthermore, organizations can engage with Sharon Washington Consulting for broader organizational consultation to create sustainable and equitable practices.
The persistence of gaps in healthcare education and training does not have to be the norm. Critically Conscious Connections is here to empower healthcare providers and institutions to prioritize critical consciousness and embed intersectional antiracism, social determinants of health, DEI practices, and health equity into their curricula and practices. Together, we can create a more equitable and inclusive healthcare system that serves the needs of all individuals, irrespective of their background or identity.
Join us on this transformative journey with Critically Conscious Connections.
Download our free guide to Critical Consciousness in Healthcare to open a discussion with peers and leadership.
Take our self-assessment to connect to resources for advancing your learning, growth, and healing.
Use our organizational assessment to evaluate your organization's readiness for DEIA initiatives.
Download our free cheatsheet for Integrating Critically Conscious Curriculum into Healthcare Institutions.
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