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Continuing Medical Education
Project Title
Antibias Training: Civil Discourse and the Jewish People
Authors
Rebecca Davis-Suskind and Sarah Blenner
Project type
Continuing Medical Education
Role
Co-author and Co-Facilitator
Date
March 2026
Location
San Diego, California
University
UCSD and UCSD Health
Content Overview
Drawing from best practices in adult education, active learning principles, and anti-bias educational frameworks, the curriculum is divided into three distinct phases: an opening experiential learning activity called Walk in My Shoes, an interactive presentation, and a final case study called Cut and Erased.
In the activity Walk in My Shoes, participants consider how antisemitism presents in healthcare using real-world examples from the perspective of their assigned character. This prompts them to examine how they interpret differences, including cultural, religious, and ethnic identity. Participants then explore how those interpretations shape interactions with patients and colleagues.
Jewish identity and diversity were also explored, grounded in the triad of Jewish identity: peoplehood, religion, and land. The facilitators employed storytelling to share lived experiences of Jewish healthcare professionals. Throughout the workshop, reflection prompts were utilized to engage learners as they challenged their own biases.
The presentation ends with the Cut and Erased case study, which brings together issues around healthcare professional’s social media presence, patient safety, bias, institutional response, and ethics. The case study guides participants to think about what they can do and what they need from leadership to create more inclusive healthcare settings, for Jews and all people.
This curriculum aims to reduce antisemitism in healthcare settings by guiding participants through a process of personal reflection, bias identification, and receptivity to ongoing learning, fostering a healthcare environment where Jewish patients, families, and colleagues are treated with dignity, equity, and respect.
Learning objectives include (1) define civil discourse, (2) describe the multidimensional nature of Jewish identity, including religious, ethnic, cultural, and historical and recognize that Jewish identity does not map onto standard U.S. racial categories, (3) recognize Jewish stereotypes and discrimination, including how antisemitism shape shifts across political contexts, (4) describe at least three ways antisemitism can harm patients, healthcare professionals, and public health, (5) identify individual and institutional roles in addressing and countering antisemitism and related bias in healthcare