Integrating institutional and individual self‐reflexivity practices into clinical pharmacy practice: A critical review of race in a widely utilized medical guideline. Issue 8 (25th June 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Jubran, Nadia; Bratta, Phil
• Other Names: Allen John M. guestEditor.; Borja‐Hart Nancy guestEditor.
• Is Part Of: Journal of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy. Volume 5:Issue 8(2022)
• Page Start: 904
• Page End: 911
• Publication Date: 2022-06-25
• Subjects: bias -- implicit -- professional‐patient relations -- racism -- social determinants of health -- systemic racism; Pharmacy -- Periodicals; Pharmacy Service, Hospital; Periodicals; Electronic journals; Periodical; 615.105
• DOI: 10.1002/jac5.1665
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2574-9870

Abstract

Abstract: In this clinical pharmacy forum, an argument is presented that clinical pharmacists and their respective institutions must be self‐reflexive about race, racism, and implicit bias in treating patients. Drawing on the Public Health Critical Race praxis and self‐reflexivity practices, this forum provides a critical review of a widely utilized medical guideline and tool, the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and American Heart Association (AHA) Clinical Practice Guideline on the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease and its respective Arteriosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk Estimator, as an example of how self‐reflexive practices on race, racism, and implicit bias can be accomplished. This critical review offers clinical pharmacists entry points of considerations and actions that can more robustly aid themselves and their institutions to enact racial justice policies and practices in medical contexts.