It’s a special edition of the JournalFeed Podcast. Today, we are talking about race in EM with the authors of a recent op-ed in Annals of Emergency Medicine. We tackle some tough questions about racism and how we can be better allies as EM colleagues.

Here are today’s show notes from the authors Cortlyn Brown, Kimberly Brown, Italo Brown, and Rosny Daniel:

Allegories on race and racism - TED Talk

Mapping Police Violence

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Langewitz WA, Edlhaimb HP, Höfner C, Koschier A, Nübling M, Leitner A. Evaluation eines zweijährigen Curriculums in Psychosozialer und Psychosomatischer Medizin--Umgang mit Emotionen und patientenzentrierter Gesprächsführung [Evaluation of a two year curriculum in psychosocial and psychosomatic medicine--handling emotions and communicating in a patient centred manner]. Psychother Psychosom Med Psychol. 2010 Nov;60(11):451-6. German. doi: 10.1055/s-0030-1251980. Epub 2010 Jun 16.

Harada MY, Lara-Millán A, Chalwell LE. Policed Patients: How the Presence of Law Enforcement in the Emergency Department Impacts Medical Care. Ann Emerg Med. 2021 Dec;78(6):738-748. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2021.04.039. Epub 2021 Jul 29.

Kaltiso SO, Seitz RM, Zdradzinski MJ, Moran TP, Heron S, Robertson J, Lall MD. The impact of racism on emergency health care workers. Acad Emerg Med. 2021 Sep;28(9):974-981. doi: 10.1111/acem.14347. Epub 2021 Aug 6.

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How Racism Makes us Sick - TED Talk

Robert Livingston, The Conversation

White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack

Addressing Anti-Black Racism in Medicine