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Student perspectives of nursing education: the importance of antiracism education in nursing curricula
  1. Ana Marr1,
  2. Michael J Tatterton1,2
  1. 1 School of Nursing and Healthcare Leadership, University of Bradford, Bradford, UK
  2. 2 Bluebell Wood Children's Hospice, North Anston, UK
  1. Correspondence to Dr Michael J Tatterton; m.tatterton{at}bradford.ac.uk

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Background and purpose

  • This is a summary of the paper by Bell.1

  • There is public expectation that nurse education includes content on human rights and racism, following the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests in Canada which increased awareness of racialised violence.

  • The aim of this study was to explore structural barriers that hinder the implementation and practice of antiracism in Canadian nursing education.

Methods

The study used convenience sampling, to recruit nurse educators based in accredited universities and colleges across Canada between April and June 2021.

Anonymous, open-ended questionnaires were used alongside online focus groups to discuss barriers to implementation of antiracism in nursing education. Contextualist thematic …

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  • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

  • Competing interests None declared.

  • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.