Physiology Laboratory: Open For Antiracism (OFAR)
Overview
The Open for Antiracism (OFAR) Program – co-led by CCCOER and College of the Canyons – emerged as a response to the growing awareness of structural racism in our educational systems and the realization that adoption of open educational resources (OER) and open pedagogy could be transformative at institutions seeking to improve. The program is designed to give participants a workshop experience where they can better understand anti-racist teaching and how the use of OER and open pedagogy can empower them to involve students in the co-creation of an anti-racist classroom. The capstone project involves developing an action plan for incorporating OER and open pedagogy into a course being taught in the spring semester. OFAR participants are invited to remix this template to design and share their projects and plans for moving this work forward.
Action Plan
How OER and open pedagogy helped the class to be antiracist:
OER and open padagogy facilitated student reflection of ones own identity through the use of the Identitiy Wheel.
Students were taught about race, racism and anti-racism with emphasis that to be anti-racist is more than just being a non-racist individual.
A combination of OER and other reliable resources such as CDC.gov, medical journals and others.
Collaboration were encouraged among students of different backgrounds and their individual voices were heard with the use of open pedagogy.
As a group, students performed a self-reflection of the anti-racism project including how to becaome an anti-racist individual and an anti-racism medical professional in particular.
Physiology Laboratory
Physiology Laboratory Bio-6L
Course Description:
Human Physiology deals with the study of the function of the human body. It focuses on the importance of maintaining homeostasis. Students who take human physiology courses are those going into the medical field. Racism is everywhere and the medical system is not immune to it.
Student Learning Outcome:
Given the results of a standard laboratory cardiovascular system tests (including blood tests), the student will demonstrate the ability to analyze and interpret the results.
Given the name of a biological molecule, students will describe the functions and locations of the molecule in the human body.
Antiracist Assignment / Module
LESSON - RACE
What is RACE?
According to American Association of Physical Anthropologists, the "Western concept of race must be understood as a classification system that emerged from, and in support of, European colonialism, oppression, and discrimination. It thus does not have its roots in biological reality, but in policies of discrimination." It is important to note that, biologically, race doesn't exist. There is only one race, the human race.
Race centers whiteness as the norm. Despite its biological insignificance, the cultural and social significance of race is very real (Guess, 2006). A society's understanding of race is centered on whiteness and "others" non-white, people of color. "Whiteness, therefore, is the standard by which systems and policies are designed which reaffirms the significance and impact of race on society (OFAR, 2022).
What is RACISM?
What is Systemic Racism in America?
What is RACISM in MEDICINE?
Let's go back to history ---
Nowadays ---
How American Health Care Is Defined By Systemic Racism
Combating Racism and Place-ism in Medicine
How to become an ANTI-RACIST?
What does it mean to be anti-racist?
Attributions
- Guess, T. J. (2006). The social construction of whiteness: Racism by intent, racism by consequenceLinks to an external site.. Critical Sociology, 32(4), 649–673.
- For more readings about race, whiteness, and talking race, visit the OFAR Bibliography.
RESEARCH about MEDICAL RACISM / RACISM IN MEDICINE on the ASSIGNED TOPIC for your TEAM.
Team 1 - Medical Racism / Racism in Medicine + HYPERTENSION
Team 2 - Medical Racism / Racism in Medicine + DIABETES
Team 3 - Medical Racism / Racism in Medicine + CHRONIC RENAL DISEASE (& KIDNEY TRANSPLANT)
Team 4 -Medical Racism / Racism in Medicine + STROKE
COLLABORATE with your TEAM MATES.
Make a POWERPOINT PRESENTATION on your FINDINGS & DISCUSSIONS
PRESENTING your REPORT in class.
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