Blogs
Now Introducing the Team Learning Lab
The Racism and Bias Initiative (RBI) was launched to explicitly address and undo racism in all areas of the medical school. Although we have change targets specific to all of the functional areas of the school (focusing on targeted groups or key...
An Update on Spheres • Quarter Two Highlights
Over the past few months, the RBI Spheres have made some progress with their Change Targets and Objectives. Here are the highlights. Admissions Sphere The Admissions Sphere held three 90-minute MD Admissions Committee Orientations at the start...
Now Introducing the Guiding Coalition—Change Leaders of RBI
Guiding Coalition members are a powerful, enthusiastic group of Change Leaders that develop new strategies and put them into effect to transform the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (ISMMS). As part of the Racism and Bias Initiative’s (RBI) change management...
Becoming a Change Maker: Syed Haider
Syed Haider bears many identities: graduating medical student, Student Council President, Pakistani, Muslim, leader, and change maker. Since the beginning of his medical career at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Syed has been an advocate for social justice and human rights and has been intentional about his efforts. We sat down with Syed to get his perspective and advice on becoming a change maker.
An Update on Spheres • Quarter One Highlights
Over the past few months, the RBI Spheres have made some progress with their Change Targets and Objectives. Here are the highlights. Admissions SphereTo assist in the development of the training materials, the Admission Sphere implemented a...
New Year to Implement Change
The Guiding Coalition started this year by implementing the change towards our targets. Still unclear about the members and role of the guiding coalition? (Check it out.)In January, we achieved wins from every sphere as outlined below. Admissions:...
Five Key Actions in Four Months
Since our last updates, RBI’s Guiding Coalition of Change Leaders focused their energy on five key actions to get us closer to the vision of becoming a health professions school providing healthcare and education that is free of racism and bias. ...
Update on Sphere Interactive Sessions: Process for Learning What Needs to Change
After the June sphere interactive sessions with faculty, students, staff, and other stakeholders, the spheres met as a group to reflect on where they were at in the process of identifying what needs to change. Check it out. Admissions Sphere In Admissions we are...
The Landscape of the System: Where Change Happens
Based on the problem areas that were previously identified by students, we mapped those on the functional areas of ISMMS to identify six spheres: 1. Admissions 2. Clinical 3. Curricular Affairs 4. Students 5. Student Affairs 6. Student Resources All of the RBI...
Rethinking with Systems Thinking
We can all agree that telling people to change the way they act or talking about how we envision change isn’t sufficient. If we want to change behavior, we need to change the system that drives that behavior. A systems thinking perspective forces us to look at the...