AY23 EVI Priority Goals by Department/Section
We are sharing this year’s priority goals to highlight equity, vitality, and inclusion efforts at the department/section level, and connect local champions, leaders, and allies.
You can find a summary of past department/section efforts here.
PLEASE NOTE: The below content was reported during the EVI Action Planning process between September and December 2022. Please contact evi@bmc.org with any questions or updates.
| Anesthesia |
| Standardize implementation of ending CRNA shift 30 minutes early, and complete updates to practice guidelines and the CRNA security in Epic. |
| Cardiology |
| Conduct an APP listening tour and launch one initiative/project aimed at improving our APP burnout and professional fulfillment scores. |
| Dermatology |
| Finalize our workplace gratitude program. |
| Emergency |
| Develop a compensation plan that facilitates recruitment and retention of a vibrant faculty through increased transparency and alignment with mission, with respect to salary/clinical hours and ensuring equity and fair and competitive pay. |
| Family Medicine |
| All section leaders in the section will identify a DEI goal. |
| Geriatrics |
| Host at least 2 DEIA-focused events. |
| Hem/Onc |
| Develop a formalize section mentoring plan for junior faculty (Instructors and Assistant Professors), with the long-term goal of rolling out to all faculty in the section. |
| Neurology |
| Advocate for and develop a compensation plan to present to BUMG leadership. |
| Neurosurgery |
| Complete a paper studying the outcomes of Neurosurgery patients based on ethnicity, sex, and race. |
| OBGYN |
| Actively contribute to completion of new APP compensation proposal with BUMG leadership. |
| Ophthalmology |
| Develop plan to carve out “academic time” every Friday morning, with late clinic start times, to reduce off-hour meetings on topics relating to education, research, mentorship, and administration, with a target start date of September 1, 2023. |
| Otolaryngology |
| >80% of people strongly or somewhat agree with the statement “The department has plans, policies and resources to advance diversity and racial equity.” |
| Orthopedics |
| Develop a monthly APP lecture series featuring clinical education and DEI topics, to be launched in AY24. |
| Pathology & Laboratory Medicine |
| 50% of the AY24 entering class of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine resident trainees will be from historically underrepresented groups. |
| Pediatrics |
| Invest resources and build out research core. |
| Psychiatry |
| Conduct a DEI Grand Round and offer listening session/healing circle to members of the department following crisis and traumatic events that occur in our communities related to diverse identities. |
| Radiology |
| Train all residents on implicit bias. |
| Rheumatology |
| Identify funding and plan to increase protected time for full time faculty, with goal of lowering clinics. |
| Surgery |
| Restructure compensation. |