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Revisiting Historical Approaches to Shape Future Medical Education: Embracing Radical Pedagogies and Expanding Imaginative Frameworks

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  • Nivethitha Ram Ganapathiram

  • Andy Guise

  • August 25, 2026

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    The article develops a framework for social justice education in medical curricula, informed by an anti-discrimination pilot program.

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    It critiques neoliberal pedagogies, technological determinism, and manufactured scarcity as contemporary challenges in medical education.

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    The authors advocate for relational community-building, conscientização, and vulnerability as responses to these challenges.

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    The framework draws on the ideas of Dewey, Freire, and hooks to envision a counter-narrative in medical education.

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    The authors emphasize the need for imaginative labor to create medical curricula that foster critical consciousness and community engagement.

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