Not neutral: reimagining antiracism as a professional competence

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesia (Sharda), Halton Healthcare - Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital, Oakville, Ont.; Department of Anesthesia (Sharda), McMaster University, Hamilton Ont.; Department of Family Medicine (Dhara), Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS; Department of Anesthesia (Alam), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine (Alam), and The Wilson Centre for Research in Medical Education (Alam), Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. ssharda@haltonhealthcare.com.
² Department of Anesthesia (Sharda), Halton Healthcare - Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital, Oakville, Ont.; Department of Anesthesia (Sharda), McMaster University, Hamilton Ont.; Department of Family Medicine (Dhara), Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS; Department of Anesthesia (Alam), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine (Alam), and The Wilson Centre for Research in Medical Education (Alam), Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.

Saroo Sharda et al. CMAJ. 2021.

. 2021 Jan 18;193(3):E101-E102.

doi: 10.1503/cmaj.201684.

¹ Department of Anesthesia (Sharda), Halton Healthcare - Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital, Oakville, Ont.; Department of Anesthesia (Sharda), McMaster University, Hamilton Ont.; Department of Family Medicine (Dhara), Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS; Department of Anesthesia (Alam), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine (Alam), and The Wilson Centre for Research in Medical Education (Alam), Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. ssharda@haltonhealthcare.com.
² Department of Anesthesia (Sharda), Halton Healthcare - Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital, Oakville, Ont.; Department of Anesthesia (Sharda), McMaster University, Hamilton Ont.; Department of Family Medicine (Dhara), Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS; Department of Anesthesia (Alam), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine (Alam), and The Wilson Centre for Research in Medical Education (Alam), Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.

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Competing interests: None declared.

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