The Diversity Promise: Success in Academic Surgery and Medicine Through Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Description:

Issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion are of utmost importance in today’s medical schools, and the University of Michigan is at the forefront of effecting change in this key area of medical education. Drs. Michael Mulholland and Erika Newman and the Department of Surgery at the University of Michigan School of Medicine developed the Michigan Promise with the goal of achieving better results and assisting other schools of medicine to make progress in this area, as well. The Diversity Promise: Success in Academic Surgery and Medicine Through Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion discusses the structure and implementation of this innovative program—information that is easily transferrable to any department in a school of medicine.

Table of Contents:

Part 1 Building an Open and Inclusive Environment for Faculty

1 Building a Creative Culture

2 Women in Surgery

3 Underrepresented Minorities in Surgery

4 Unconscious Bias

5 Faculty Recruitment

6 Mentorship and Sponsorship

7 Leadership Development

8 Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Surgery: Creating a Culture for Success

9 Outreach, Global Health, and Working Beyond Boundaries

10 Research Development

Part 2 Attracting Talented Medical Students

11 Outreach Before Medical School

12 The Preclinical Years

13 The Clerkship Experience

14 Diversity Outreach

15 The Fourth Year

Part 3 Developing Talent in Surgery Residents

16 Sustaining a Creative Residency Culture

17 Teaching by Residents During Contemporary Surgical Training

18 Contemporary Delivery of Surgical Education

19 Teaching in the Operating Room

20 Pre-­ and Postoperative Teaching

21 Academic Development as a Component of Surgical Training

22 Alumni Relationships

Index