This month is Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday. Celebrate his life and his vision: Belonging
! Thank you for taking part in learning more about diversity and inclusion, more about yourself! Enjoy the January 2020 GMEC Update.
People
Congratulations to the following members of our community:
- Bessie Young, Professor of Medicine, Division Chief of Nephrology at the VA resident was selected the 20201 Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Award. This award is presented to an individual who or team which promotes and champions the values of DEI in their department of medicine. https://medicine.uw.edu/news/bessie-young-receives-aaim-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-award.
- Susan Merel, Associate Professor and Stephanie Timm, Dermatology Residency & Fellowship Programs Administrator from the Department of Medicine are co-chairs for the Department’s inaugural Gender Equity Council.
- Ken Steinberg, Program Director for Internal Medicine Residency Program and Professor of Medicine, has started a Health Equity pathway for R2s and R3s. The pathway is for residents who are considering careers incorporating health equity in clinical care, research, education and advocacy.
- Heather McPhillips, Program Director for the Pediatrics Residency Program and Professor, Department of Pediatrics, shared that the Pediatrics program has developed a health equity track, offered as a separate track in the NRMP Match.
- Daniel Cabrera, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, and Assistant Program Director for the Internal Medicine residency program, was named by Dr. Joyner as the inaugural Chair of the new Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Subcommittee of the GMEC.
- Fiona Gallahue, Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine, and Program Director for the Emergency Medicine residency program successfully published an article in JGME entitled: A Critical Disconnect: Residency Selection Factors Lack Correlation With Intern Performance. https://meridian.allenpress.com/jgme/article/12/6/696/448210/A-Critical-Disconnect-Residency-Selection-Factors
- Byron Joyner, Vice Dean for Graduate Medical Education, Designated Institutional Official, and Professor of Urology, received the Mass General/Brigham’s 2020 Alumnus Award for his 25 years of work in medical education.
Programs
- Three new program directors were approved by the GMEC: Yajuan Liu for Laboratory Genetics and Genomics; Fatemeh Behnia for Nuclear Medicine; and Niviann Blondet for Pediatric Transplant Hepatology.
- Jennifer Best, Associate Dean for GME and Hadar Duman, GME Director of Accreditation are working to assist programs on Special Review to reflect on areas where they might consider trying new approaches to areas for improvement.
Progress
- The GMEC-sponsored EDI Subcommittee was approved by the GMEC after a presentation of the EDI Task Force’s work to complete the charter.
Policies
- Gabrielle Pett, GME Senior Director of Business Affairs, presented the revised Resident and Fellow Position Agreement (RFPA) Agreement for 2021-2022. There was a tremendous amount of work that was done to make the changes in the RFPA so that it would be aligned with the 2019 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA). Thank you to all of the Policy Subcommittee members!
- Cindy Hamra presented the new MedHub User Access Controls policy which was approved by the Committee. The new policy establishes criteria and processes for requesting MedHub user access.
Partnerships
- The GME Office held a second winter Town Hall to discuss COVID-19 updates for the residents, fellows, and programs. Cindy Hamra, Assistant Dean for GME hosted Drs. Tim Dellit, Chris Kim, Nick Meo, Shireesha Dhanireddy and Byron Joyner. We will continue to hold similar Town Halls every month to be sure that our trainees and programs have current information about impacts of COVID-19 and to answer questions.
- Vaccinations for trainees are ahead of schedule. More than 1000 housestaff have already received at least their first of two COVID-19 vaccines
Projects
- Please see the COVID-19 Updates: GME Community section of the GME website for information and updates on the increasing COVID-19 pandemic in our community. Cindy Hamra has been working closely with UW Medicine leadership to include our housestaff thoughtfully and strategically in the COVID-19 response.
“We Delight In The Beauty Of The Butterfly, But Rarely Admit The Changes It Has Gone Through To Achieve That Beauty”. – Maya Angelou
Byron D. Joyner, MD, MPA
Vice Dean and Designated Institutional Official (DIO)
Graduate Medical Education, UW Medicine