Department of Family Medicine

Implement the Health Equity Advisory Group (HEAG) in the department; this group will serve as a think tank and soundboard and provide strategic planning for the department around DEI issues

July 2020

Person/Dept Responsible: Alexa Mieses Malchuk, Director of Inclusive Excellence Subgroup Leadership: Dana Iglesias, Recruitment and Retention HEAG Leader Jen Martini & Brad Wright, Education HEAG Leaders Narges Farahi, Professional Development HEAG Leader Jess Smith, Community-building HEAG Leader

HEAG meets monthly

Strategic plan draft will be composed by April 2021.

A review will take place in Fall 2021.

Person/Dept Responsible: Alexa Mieses Malchuk, Director of Inclusive Excellence Dana Iglesias, Recruitment and Retention HEAG Leader Jen Martini & Brad Wright, Education HEAG Leaders Narges Farahi, Professional Development HEAG Leader Jess Smith, Community-building HEAG Leader

Implementation of strategic plan

In progress

Person/Dept Responsible: Chair, Margaret Helton & Chair’s Advisory Committee

Create two new roles of DEI Director in the department.

February 2021

Person/Dept Responsible: HEAG Members & Chair, Margaret Helton

Establish a DEI fund

Winter 2021

Person/Dept Responsible: Development Team: Adam Goldstein, Brad Wilson, Reid Johnson

Develop DEI strategic plan for the department

Completed October 2021

Person/Dept Responsible: Health Equity Advisory Group

Carolina Covenant Undergrad at UNC (students with low SES)

Support programmatic activities with speakers. Family Med students, residents, and faculty have provided seminars and guidance.

Person/Dept Responsible: ORI

First Generation

Kelly Smith serves as the Faculty Advisor for this affinity group through the Office of Scholastic Enrichment & Equity. It is similar to FMIG but the goal is to support first generation college or medical school students. We have discussions on imposter syndrome, debt, study resources, etc.

Person/Dept Responsible: OSEE

STAHR Mentorship Program

STAHR — Students in Training, Academia, Health, and Research, Office of Inclusive Excellence. The goal of STAHR is to build community, leadership, academic and professional excellence, and increase the graduation rate and success among underrepresented students and trainees. The annual program uses a framework of tiered cluster mentoring that involves faculty, fellows, residents, post docs, MD students, and graduate students. The success of STAHR will have university implications, as well as directly affecting the diversity in hospitals and faculty in medical schools. The STAHR leadership team has developed a cluster mentoring structure that creates community, promotes faculty collaboration, and supports residents, post docs, and MD & PhD students in Years 1-4. A key component of the mentoring program is its curriculum. The curriculum is grounded in the research-based Thomas Principles: Identity Development, Psychological Support, Social Support, Academic/Professional Development, Sense of Belonging, and Leadership Development. In its inaugural year at UNC, the STAHR Mentorship Program has obtained over 100 faculty members, residents, trainees, and medical students, forming our 10 mentor clusters. Alexa Mieses Malchuk is a mentor in the first cadre of STAHR students. Kelly Smith will be joining as a mentor and member of the leadership team to represent F1rst Gen students.

Person/Dept Responsible: OIE

Retrospectively compile, and prospectively collect demographic data about faculty, fellows & residents.

In progress

Person/Dept Responsible: Chair, Margaret Helton; Ethan Pitts, Senior Human Resources Consultant; Jess Smith, Residency Program Manager

Increase diversity in our department.

Multiple faculty recruitments underway, including into clinical and educational leadership positions.

Established two roles related to directing DEI efforts for the Department.

Will collect/compile demographic data about faculty, fellows and residents.

Person/Dept Responsible: Chair, Margaret Helton

Provide formal support and mentorship to our junior faculty

Develop a leadership development program with an antiracist lens.

Likely nomination of a URM faculty member to the ACCLAIM program.

URM faculty researcher was nominated for the Simmons Scholarship (decision pending).

Person/Dept Responsible: Alexa Mieses Malchuk, Director of Inclusive Excellence Steve Bogdewic, Associate Chair for Faculty Affairs and Leadership Development Dawn Morriston, Associate Director or Educational Program

OIE administered a climate survey.

August 2020

Person/Dept Responsible: Nate Thomas, Vice Dean for DEI

HEAG meeting dedicated to reviewing climate survey results.

September 2020

Person/Dept Responsible: Alexa Mieses Malchuk, Diversity Liaison

The HEAG has a subcommittee dedicated to community-building, both among one another but also with patients.

Will create social opportunities for members of the department, and opportunities that service patients.

Person/Dept Responsible: Jess Smith, Community Subgroup Leader Venus Standard, Director DEI Education and Community

REI Training Fund

Fall/Winter 2021

Person/Dept Responsible:

Patient Newsletter

Addition of staff/faculty features as it relates to DEI

Person/Dept Responsible: Katie Kolls, Communications Specialist

OIE Bias 101 Training

February 2021

Person/Dept Responsible: Stephanie Brown and Nate Thomas

Begin to examine the need for and implement an anti-oppression curriculum in the residency program

Provide training for all faculty, residents and staff.

Residency leadership has met with faculty and residents to discuss ideas around this item.

Residency program director (Dr. McClester Brown) was accepted into the Tideswell Program (based at UCSF) which will support her initiative to address ageism and how it fits into the larger health equity, social justice and anti-oppression curriculum in our department

The current residents underwent REI training in September 2020.

A second REI training for faculty primarily will also be scheduled (date TBD)

Person/Dept Responsible: Mallory McClester Brown, Residency Director Jen Martini, Associate Residency Director and HEAG Education Subgroup Leader Margaret Helton, Interim Chair Mallory McClester Brown, Residency Director

Diversity Liaison Role

Started in Aug 2019

Person/Dept Responsible:

Director of Inclusive Excellence for Faculty

Started in Feb 2021

Person/Dept Responsible:

Director of DEI Education and Community

Started in Feb 2021

Person/Dept Responsible:

OIE Diversity Retreat

Feb 2021

Person/Dept Responsible: OIE (Margaret Helton participated as Chair, Ron Lingley as Vice Chair for Administrative, and Alexa Mieses Malchuk was invited to be a facilitator)

DFM Faculty & Residents Event – Outdoor dining and viewing of the film, “Black Men in White Coats.”

June 2021

Person/Dept Responsible: Venus Standard, Director DEI Education and Community

Harry Stafford Community Service Fund

Multiple activities every year by the sports medicine fellows that reach out to communities.

Person/Dept Responsible: Nailah Adams (with consultation from Dr. Stafford)