Newsroom and Blog Updates on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Behind the Poster: An Interview with Melissa Langhan, MD, MHS
Dr. Melissa Langhan and colleagues at Yale University School of Medicine looked at how unconscious bias may influence reviewers’ evaluation of applicants to their program, and shared their research in their poster, Improving Trainee Applicant Evaluations to Reduce Unconscious Bias, at the 2021 ACGME Annual Educational Conference.
Behind the Poster: An Interview with Lorene Cudjoe
Lorene Cudjoe's poster, Increasing Diversity and Inclusion in Graduate Medical Education through Mentorship, presented at #ACGME2021, highlights a program designed to pair volunteer mentors with medical students preparing for the Match, for a look into how mentorship could help students identifying as racial or ethnic minorities match more successfully into their specialty of choice.
Choose to Challenge
March is recognized as Women’s History Month, and March 8 is International Women’s Day, a day honored globally since 1911.
March 8, 2021
This week's edition of the e-Communication includes information the Annual Educational Conference; ACGME Awards; Review and Comment; and Milestones News.
Honoring Excellence: Q and A with Angela Orozco, MD
2021-2023 Jeremiah A. Barondess Fellow Angela Orozco, MD is an assistant professor of medicine and associate program director for internal medicine at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. The Fellowship is a jointly-presented award given in partnership with the New York Academy of Medicine.
#ACGME2021 Session Summary: Reversing DEI Trends in Medical Education
On Friday, February 26, ACGME Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion leadership, Drs. William McDade and Bonnie Simpson Mason, joined California University of Science and Medicine Senior Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Partnership Dr. Sunny Nakae to presented about how to work to reverse institutional trends of racism in medical education.
March 1, 2021
This week's edition of the e-Communication includes information the Annual Educational Conference; ACGME Awards; Review and Comment; and Milestones News.
Action as Antidote: Resisting the Seductive Somnolence of Racism Denial
Dr. Camara Jones delivered a powerful and motivating Closing Plenary to conclude the 2021 ACGME Annual Educational Conference.
‘It’s Ours to Do’: Fairness, Equity, and the Moral Determinants of Health
Dr. Donald Berwick delivered a powerful and stirring call to action in his 2021 Marvin R. Dunn Keynote Address on Friday, February 26.
#ACGME2021 Summary: In His President's Plenary, Dr. Nasca Makes a Call to Action
ACGME President and Chief Executive Officer Dr. Thomas J. Nasca addressed the virtual crowd of approximately 6,000 in his President’s Plenary, kicking off the ACGME Annual Educational Conference with a powerful call to action on Thursday, February 25, 2021.
