The Mental Health Services Conference 2021: On Demand-Competencies for Trainees

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Video Summary

The video discussion is about the importance of incorporating structural competency into medical and psychiatric education. The session is led by Dr. Auralit Padilla-Candelario, the program director for the residency program at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Dr. Padilla-Candelario introduces the panel of speakers: Dr. Enrico Guanson-Castillo, Dr. Michelle Durham, and Dr. Dwight Kemp. They discuss the need for revising competencies for trainees to include social and political issues in their training. Dr. Castillo focuses on structural competency, health equity, social responsibility, and medical education. He discusses the limitations of the current ACGME core competencies and the need for new competencies that address health and social inequities. Dr. Durham discusses the curriculum at Boston Medical Center and how they incorporate cultural responsiveness, social determinants of health, and advocacy into their training program. Dr. Kemp shares the trainee perspective on the benefits of structural competency, including its potential to alleviate and protect against burnout and its role in diversifying the physician workforce. Overall, the speakers emphasize the importance of incorporating structural competency into medical training to address health inequities and better serve marginalized populations.

Keywords

structural competency

medical education

psychiatric education

health equity

social responsibility

social determinants of health

advocacy

physician workforce