Department of Emergency Medicine

Increase the percentage of URM residents in the EM program to 10% Timeline 2 years (on year 2 now)

Increase the percentage of URM residents in the EM program to 20%. Timeline 6 yrs.

30% URM. (reflective of the NC population). Timeline 10 years. 

COMPLETED INITIATIVE: We achieved >10% URM by self-report 2024 class

ACTION ITEM: Continue improvement with each recruited class to achieve overall (all 3 classes) EM resident goals, as delineated.

ACTION ITEM: Resident reach-out prior to interviews to highlight diversity efforts (9/22/21)

ACTION ITEM: New process to review applications and interview with attention to diversity

Person/Dept Responsible: Nikki Binz, MD, EM PD; EM Diversity Committee

Increase presence of EM faculty on SOM Admission Committee. Timeline 1 year.

Person/Dept Responsible: Tracy DeSelm, MD; Diversity Liaison

Establishment of formal mentor program with undergrad students involved in pipeline portion of ERMD 101

Timeline 6 months.

Person/Dept Responsible: Tracy DeSelm, MD and Maglin Halsey-Nichols, MD

Establishment of formal Coaching Program for residents, fellows, and junior faculty by certified EM Faculty for more formal coaching and mentorship.

Timeline 6 months.

Person/Dept Responsible: Jane Brice, MD; EM Chair

Establishment of Faculty Recruitment Subcommittee within EM DEI Committee with administrative assistance for establishment of repository of previous students and residents for periodic communication regarding employment opportunities. 

Timeline 6 months.

Person/Dept Responsible: Tracy DeSelm, MD and EM Diversity Committee 

90-100% completion rate for 101 Bias training for all faculty and residents AY 2020/2021

COMPLETED INITIATIVE: 100% compliance for staff, faculty, residents, and fellows

Person/Dept Responsible: Jane Brice, MD; EM Chair

DEI certificate requirement for 100% of Educational, Diversity, and Leadership Committees; 75% of other Faculty, Staff, Fellows, and Residents. Timeline 3 years

Need tracking method in EM department, as well as SOM DEI

Person/Dept Responsible: Tracy DeSelm. MD and Diversity Committee

Establishment of EM DEI weblink to highlight academic, research, current programs, and community outreach programs in DEI

 INITIATIVE COMPLETED

Person/Dept Responsible: Tracy DeSelm, MD

10% of Conference lecturers must be from URM groups for each academic module for 2020-2021 AY

COMPLETED INITIATIVE.

Person/Dept Responsible: EM Chief Resident; Daniel Markwalter, MD

Integration of 10% URM lecturer or SDH content into 2 yr recurring curriculum-AY 2021-2022 and AY 2022-2023. Timeline 6 months.

Person/Dept Responsible: Naira Goukasian, MD, PGY1 and Maglin Halsey-Nichols, MD, Assistant Residency PD

Pair with 1-2 smaller departments for Diversity Conversation Forum. Timeline 6 months.

Person/Dept Responsible: Tracy DeSelm, MD

“Community Outreach: A Pipeline Program Targeting Diverse Youth”-for 7^th graders, partial fulfillment of  NC Core Standards health curriculum, to include Stop the Bleed, emergency scenario simulation, mental health in adolescents, medical profession exposure, Basic First Aid-all in conjunction with school input. EM Faculty, residents, rotating students as teachers for program. 

Timeline: 6 -8 months.

Person/Dept Responsible: Julianne Cyr; Tracy DeSelm, MD; Maglin Halsey-Nichols, MD