Blogs
The School’s First RBI Quarterly Meeting | June 2021
The Guiding Coalition recently held its first quarterly meeting for 2021, which was open to all medical school employees, faculty and students. A total of 58 attendees joined the Guiding Coalition on zoom. While the Guiding Coalition’s goal for these open meetings is...
On the Pulse: May Action Updates
Admissions SphereThe Admissions sphere has been engaged in analyzing data to inform our work moving forward. With upcoming committee training sessions, we will continue to build upon conversations with veteran members and onboard new members to our culture of...
On the Pulse: April Action Updates
The Curricular Affairs Sphere aims to promote personal growth in antiracist knowledge and skills among course and clerkship directors. We developed this change target in partnership with students and faculty. The first steps included conducting focus groups and...
What’s Chats for Change?
Beginning in the fall of 2018, the Department of Medical Education at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai launched “Chats for Change”—a series of interactive sessions that spark dialogue centered on racism and bias in medicine. Chats for Change is...
Towards Transformational Change: 2021 Guiding Coalition Change Targets
The Guiding Coalition is launching twenty change targets this year. This is the first year we have created a comprehensive strategy that includes all of the actions or projects addressing racism in bias across the medical school. A tremendous amount of work and...
On the Pulse: A Global Sphere Update
The Curricular Affairs Sphere aims to promote personal growth in antiracist knowledge and skills among course and clerkship directors. We developed this change target in partnership with students and faculty. The first steps included conducting focus groups and...
Inside the Student Healing Circle: A Lesson in Dignity
After many months of online lectures, tele-health physical exams, and learning how to cope with the responsibilities of becoming a health professional during a pandemic, I ventured out back onto the hospital wards for the first time this week. I went to a...
On the Pulse: Desegregating Healthcare Systems
What does a desegregated health care system look like and how can we get there? This was the theme for the Chats for Change on March 2, 2021. We gathered. Nearly 100 students, faculty, care providers, hospital leadership, and administrators gathered to share their...
Comprehensive, Strategic Plan for 2021 | Addressing Racism Across all Functional Areas of the School
Each Guiding Coalition Sphere is in the process of developing a comprehensive, strategic plan for 2021 that incorporates all activities that contribute to the vision of becoming a health system and health professions school free of racism and bias. This...
On the Pulse: February’s Action Updates
Every month, we are providing action updates across the Racism and Bias Initiative's spheres. This month’s action updates bring us closer to collaborating on our efforts, strategically building on existing actions, and developing new actions to address...