Infrastructure
Develop departmental policy on lactation to support lactating female residents and faculty.
Status: On timeComplete and posted on department website.
Person/Dept Responsible: Megan Patterson
All faculty to complete Bias 101 training.
Status: On timeComplete
Person/Dept Responsible:
Create Department diversity committee
Status: On timeComplete (3 faculty members and one resident)
Person/Dept Responsible:
Create DEI webpage on departmental website
Status: On timeComplete and updated as needed.
Person/Dept Responsible: Megan Patterson and Philip Clark
Access and Success
Increase active mentorship of female UNC medical students
Status: On timeOngoing
Person/Dept Responsible: All faculty
Work with Perry Initiative to encourage female UNC medical students to consider a career in orthopedics
Status: On timeMSOP event on hold given Covid restrictions. Will begin planning as restrictions ease.
Person/Dept Responsible: Megan Patterson and Robert Esther
Work with Nth Dimension to sponsor summer research internships for underrepresented minority medical students interested in orthopedics.
Status: On timeContinue to encourage UNC medical students to apply for grants/internships.
Person/Dept Responsible: All faculty
Compile resources for URM medical students that can help educate and support a career in orthopeadics
Status: On timeThe departments DEI webpage has links to local and national resources and is updated as needed.
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Create scholarship to help recruit URM medical students interested in residency at UNC
Status: On timeCompleted
Will be ongoing yearly.
Person/Dept Responsible: Megan Patterson and Diversity committee members
Compile resources for URM residents and fellows
Status: On timeThe departments DEI webpage has links to local and national resources and is updated as needed.
Person/Dept Responsible:
Encourage hiring of URM faculty to improve departmental diversity
Status: On timeOngoing
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Climate and Intra/Intergroup Relations
Work to change the appearance of the department (better representation of minorities on website and in office common areas).
Status: CompletedDEI webpage complete.
Ongoing progress to improve representation in office common areas/etc
Person/Dept Responsible: Marketing Committee