Change Management Meets the Racism and Bias Initiative | An Introduction to the Methodology from Dr. Leona Hess
A New York-native, Dr. Hess is a systems thinker and transformational change strategist. Joining Med Ed in October of last year, her primary role is to develop and apply a Change Management methodology to the Racism and Bias Initiative (RBI). By doing so she will...
Discovering the Challenges to Create Interventions—An Assessment on Wellness
Since June 2017, the Department of Medical Education’s Employee Wellness Subcommittee has been meeting on a semi-monthly basis to design a multi-method Wellness Needs Assessment for employees from across the department. At the Medical Education Departmental Meeting in...
Leadership Letters: Expanding Mental Health and Wellness Resources
Dear Students, It has been a little over one year since Kathryn’s death, and a little less than six months since we shared the final report with Dean Charney titled, The Dean’s Task Force on the Learning Environment: Enhancing Well-Being and Changing Culture. We are...
Wellness—Now and For All
In June, the Department of Medical Education created a Wellness Subcommittee to assist in launching the Department of Medical Education Wellness Program. A department-wide invitation to form the Subcommittee was enthusiastically accepted by 20 individuals from various...
New Graduation Awards Praise Anti-Racism Changemakers
The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is proud to announce three new graduation awards beginning in the 2016–17 academic year. Starting with the Class of 2017, graduating medical students who have demonstrated a commitment to mitigating racism and bias in our...
Enhancing Well-Being and Changing Culture—A Task Force Report
In this past year, our community has experienced a number of tragedies and events that have led us to reflect on the adequacy of well-being resources and mental health support for all our trainees. In response to this call for action, Dean Charney created the Dean’s...
A Sanctuary Campus
The Mount Sinai Health System, which includes the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (ISMMS) and seven hospital campuses, is a safe haven where patients, students, and employees are free to receive care, learn, and work without fear of discrimination, harassment...
These Times
The past few weeks have been intense. We continue to face the challenge of addressing mental health and well-being, while coping now with a national landscape that has increasingly normalized racist and biased rhetoric and behavior. We at the Icahn School of Medicine...
Update on the Wellness Task Force
Earlier this week the Dean’s Task Force on the Learning Environment met so that each of the three working groups could provide an update on progress they’ve made to date. We want to acknowledge the enormous investment of time and energy that all members of these...
#WhatDoctorsLookLike
In response to Dr. Tamika Cross’s encounter with bias and discrimination while aboard a Delta flight on October 9, over the past couple of weeks, we created a declaration to share solidarity with Dr. Cross and to acknowledge #WhatDoctorsLookLike. Our statement is now...
Reverse Trick-Or-Treating
On Monday, October 31, medically cleared children from the pediatric units were invited to enjoy a Halloween party in the Kravis Children’s Hospital’s KidZone. For those patients who could not leave their rooms to attend the party, Medical Education staff and students...
Wellness Task Force in Full Effect
On Friday, October 7, we held the first meeting of the Dean’s Task Force on the Learning Environment: Enhancing Well-Being and Changing Culture. The task force will address three important topics: mental health, well-being, and academic culture change at the Icahn...
Wellness Includes Equity
As you know, a task force has been formed to explore wellness in our community and to reflect on the adequacy of well-being resources and mental health support for our trainees. Directly impacting wellness in our learners is the larger community and country that we...
Introducing a Task Force on Wellness
This past year, our community has experienced a number of tragedies that have led us to reflect on the adequacy of well-being resources and mental health support for our trainees. We are forming a Dean’s Task Force to address these issues and have attached the Task...
Top Picks—A Suggested Reading List
We would like to share a reading list that we believe can increase awareness and a different level of understanding of racism and bias. We are also interested in hearing from you. If you have suggestions of additional text, please feel free to send them our way. The...
#JusticeForAlan
Christian Pean is a fourth-year medical student here at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. As many of you know, Christian's brother Alan was shot this past August in a hospital while attempting to get treatment. Thankfully Alan survived and is able tell his...