{"id":2344,"date":"2015-06-10T14:14:59","date_gmt":"2015-06-10T18:14:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/?page_id=2344"},"modified":"2025-02-08T14:22:10","modified_gmt":"2025-02-08T19:22:10","slug":"working-groups","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/education\/md\/medical-education-committees\/working-groups\/","title":{"rendered":"Vertical Integration Groups"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#advocacy\">Advocacy Vertical Integration Group<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#core\">BUSM Core<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#divig\">Disability and Identity Vertical Integration Group<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#gsd\">Gender and Sexual Diversity Vertical Integration Group<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#nutrition\">Nutrition Vertical Integration Group<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#rimvig\">Racism in Medicine Vertical Integration Group<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#subusevig\">Substance Use and Prescription Drug Misuse Vertical Integration Group<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"divig\">Disability and Identity VIG<\/h2>\n<p><em>Initiated September 8th, 2022<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Members:<\/strong><\/span> Jessica Lo, Class of 2025; Noelle Wojciechowski, Class of 2025; Kristen Sun, Class of 2025; Nakul Vyas, 2021-22 Diversity &amp; Inclusion Fellow; Karen Symes, PhD; Jodi Wenger, MD; Angelique C. Harris PhD; Shoumita Dasgupta, PhD<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/camed\/files\/2023\/02\/Disability-Identity-VIG-MEC-Proposal.pdf\">Disability &amp; Identity VIG MEC Proposal<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"rimvig\">Racism in Medicine VIG<\/h2>\n<p><em>Initiated May 9th, 2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Members:<\/strong><\/span> Kaye-Alese Green, Class of 2023; Sabreea Parnell, Class of 2022; Becca Wolinsky, Class of 2022; Daniela del Campo, Class of 2022; Ajay Nathan, Class of 2022; Martine Randolph, MD \u201820; Emily Regier, MD \u201920; Samantha Kaplan, MD; Shoumita Dasgupta, PhD; and M. Isabel Dominguez, PhD<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/camed\/files\/__restricted\/entire-bu-community\/Racism-in-Medicine-VIG-Final-Report-2020.06.22.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Racism in Medicine VIG Final Report June 2020<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/camed\/files\/2025\/02\/Racism-in-Medicine-VIG-Final-Report-ExecSummary.pdf\">Racism in Medicine Executive Summary<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/camed\/files\/2021\/11\/Racism-in-MedicineVIG-Report_Redacted.pdf\">Racism in Medicine VIG Report (Redacted)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/camed\/files\/2025\/02\/Racism-in-Medicine-VIG-MEC-2020.07.11.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Racism in Medicine MEC Presentation<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Additional Resources:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/offices-services\/diversity\/resources\/anti-racism-resources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alumni Medical Library: Anti-Racism Media<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/camed\/files\/2025\/02\/Ensuring-Inclusivity-MED-Quick-Guide.pdf\">Ensuring Inclusivity in Teaching Materials and Classrooms: A Quick Guide for Educators<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"gsd\">Gender &amp; Sexual Diversity VIG<\/h2>\n<p><em>Initiated November 8th, 2018<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Chair<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">:<\/span> Ann Zumwalt, PhD<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Members:<\/strong> <\/span>Mandy Coles, MD; Shoumita Dasgupta, PhD; Elizabeth Ferrenz, MD; Patrick Mabray, MD; Cheryl McSweeney, MD; Jennifer Siegel, MD; Carl Streed, MD; Isa Gell-Levey, Class of 2022; Janet Monroe, Class of 2022; Hannah Dumas, Class of 2023; Ben Crosby, Class of 2024; Richard Ryngel, Class of 2024; Fredric Fabiano, Class of 2025<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Former members:<\/strong> <\/span>Erin Carter, Class of 2021; Nat Mulkey, Class of 2021; Laurinda Jackson, Class of 2020; Kevin Pearlman, Class of 2020; Cameron Henneberg, Class of 2019<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/camed\/files\/2025\/02\/Gender-and-Sexual-Diversity-VIG-Executive-Summary.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Executive Summary &amp; Recommendations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/camed\/files\/__restricted\/entire-bu-community\/Report_-Gender-Sexual-Diversity-VIG-FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gender &amp; Sexual Diversity VIG Final Report<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/camed\/files\/__restricted\/entire-bu-community\/GSD-curriculum-recommendations-Table.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">GSD curriculum recommendations &#8211; Table<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/camed\/files\/__restricted\/entire-bu-community\/GSD-curriculum-recommendations-How-to-use-this-Table.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">GSD curriculum recommendations-How to use this Table<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/camed\/files\/2025\/02\/MEC-Gender-Sexual-Diversity-VIG-Final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gender &amp; Sexual Diversity VIG MEC Presentation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/camed\/files\/2020\/06\/BUSM-Gender-and-Sexual-Diversity-VIG-3.10.20.pptx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Integrating LGBTQ\/GSD Topics into the BUSM Curriculum Presentation<\/a> <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/camed\/files\/2018\/10\/ppticon.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-62260\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" \/><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/camed\/files\/2025\/02\/Ensuring-Inclusivity-MED-Quick-Guide.pdf\">Ensuring Inclusivity in Teaching Materials and Classrooms: A Quick Guide for Educators<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"advocacy\">Advocacy VIG<\/h2>\n<p><em>Initiated March 14th, 2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Members: <\/strong><\/span>Jamie Lim, MD; Megan Sandel, MD; Cheryl McSweeney, MD; Andrew Clark, MD; Colin Sox, MD; Pablo Buitron de la Vega, MD<br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Student Members:<\/strong><\/span> Max Goder-Reiser; Sarah Morgan; Hannah Mumber; Amanda Snow; Armide Storey; Heather Sweeney; Vanessa Torrice<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/camed\/files\/2025\/02\/Advocacy-VIG-2019.03.14.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Advocacy VIG Presentation March 2019<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/camed\/files\/2025\/02\/BUSM-Advocacy-Equity-VIG.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Advocacy VIG Presentation November 2019<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/camed\/files\/2025\/02\/Advocacy-VIG-Curriculum-Map.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Advocacy VIG Curriculum Map<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/camed\/files\/2025\/02\/Advocacy-Equity-VIG-Proposal.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Advocacy VIG Proposal<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"core\">BUSM Core<\/h2>\n<p><em>Initiated October 5, 2018<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Co-chairs<\/strong><\/span><strong>:<\/strong> Molly Cohen-Osher, MD and Ann Zumwalt, PhD<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Members<\/strong><\/span><strong>:<\/strong> Priya Garg, MD; Warren Hershman, MD; Allison Larson, MD; Robert Lowe, MD; Justin Lui, MD; Karen Symes, PhD; Rachel Thompson, MD; Christopher Vaughan; Aaron Young, PhD<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Goals<\/strong><\/span><strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To establish the Core; a list of core presenting symptoms and patient types (e.g. well child, pregnant patient) that all Chobanian &amp; Avedisian SOM students should be able to work up and provide basic management recommendations for by the time of graduation.<\/li>\n<li>To weave the Core through the curriculum to promote integration throughout the four years and to guide the clinical focus in the pre-clerkship curriculum<\/li>\n<li>To use the Core to develop tools for clinical reasoning and competency assessment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Outcomes:<\/strong><\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/education\/md\/curriculum-overview\/core\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Core Presentations<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"nutrition\">Nutrition VIG<\/h2>\n<p><em>Initiated 2006<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Members<\/strong><\/span><strong>: <\/strong>Carine Lenders MD, MS, ScD; Kate Donovan, MS, RD, LDN; Jonathan Berz, MD; Ryan Chippendale, MD; Gwynneth Offner, PhD; Suzanne Sarfaty, MD; <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"Student Nutrition Awareness and Action Council (SNAAC)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/student-affairs\/student-life\/student-life-student-life-wellness-groups\/student-nutrition-awareness-and-action-council-snaac\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SNAAC Leadership<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Advisory Faculty<\/strong><\/span><strong>: <\/strong>Caroline Apovian, MD; Gail March, PhD; Lorrie Young, MS, RD; Tracey Burg, RD<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Goal<\/strong><\/span><strong>:<\/strong><strong> <\/strong>To assess, enhance, and sustain nutrition medicine knowledge, attitudes, and skills at the medical school<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Outcomes<\/strong><\/span><strong>: <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bostonmedical.app.box.com\/busm-nutrition-vig\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nutrition VIG Documents<\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_29583\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29583\" style=\"width: 646px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/camed\/files\/2016\/02\/mec-nutritionvig-outcomes-636x412.png\" alt=\"mec-nutritionvig-outcomes\" class=\"wp-image-29583 size-medium\" width=\"636\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2016\/02\/mec-nutritionvig-outcomes-636x412.png 636w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2016\/02\/mec-nutritionvig-outcomes.png 884w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-29583\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2016\/02\/mec-nutritionvig-outcomes.pdf\">View as PDF<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2 id=\"subusevig\">Substance Use and Prescription Drug Misuse (SUPDM) VIG<\/h2>\n<p><em>Initiated December 8th, 2015<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Faculty Members<\/strong><\/span><strong>:<\/strong>Daniel Alford, Theresa Kim, Miriam Hoffman, Nanette Harvey, John Otis, Lorraine Stanfield, Molly Cohen-Osher, Ryan Chippendale, Karen Harnett, Heidi Werner, Oren Berkowitz, Susan White, Megan Young, Cheryl McSweeney, Alison Larson, Ed Bernstein<br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Staff Members<\/strong><\/span><strong>:<\/strong> Jacqueline German, Ann Cashell<br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Student Members<\/strong><\/span><strong>:<\/strong> Katrina Ciraldo, Lauren Ha, Jamie Lim, Andrew Hyatt, Rohan Rastogi<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Background<\/strong><\/span>:<br \/>\nIn response to the state\u2019s opioid morbidity and mortality crisis, in 2015, Massachusetts\u2019 Governor Charlie Baker and Secretary of Health and Human Services Marylou Sudders created the <em>Governor\u2019s Medical Education Working Group on Prescription Drug Misuse<\/em> which included the Deans of the four state medical schools. The Working Group created the <em>Core Competencies for the Prevention and Management of Prescription Drug Misuse<\/em> to be taught to all Massachusetts medical students. At Chobanian &amp; Avedisian SOM the SUPDM VIG was created to ensure that these Core Competencies were covered in the Chobanian &amp; Avedisian SOM curriculum.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mass.gov\/files\/documents\/2017\/01\/vh\/governors-medical-education-working-group-core-competencies.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Medical Education Core Competencies for the Prevention and Management of Prescription Drug Misuse: Recommendations from the Governor\u2019s Medical Education Working Group on Prescription Drug Misuse<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/journals.lww.com\/academicmedicine\/fulltext\/2016\/10000\/Developing_Core_Competencies_for_the_Prevention.13.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Antman KH, Berman HA, Flotte TR, Flier J, Dimitri DM, Bharel M. Developing core competencies for the prevention and management of prescription drug misuse: a medical education collaboration in Massachusetts. Acad Med. 2016 Oct 1;91(10):1348-51.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Goals<\/strong><\/span><strong>: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Determine which classes within the current four year Chobanian &amp; Avedisian SOM curriculum address any aspect of substance use\/prescription drug misuse<\/li>\n<li>Identify needed changes throughout curriculum and determine what is considered \u201ccore\u201d content and \u201csupplemental\u201d (i.e., elective) content<\/li>\n<li>Add content to fill gaps, update existing content, reduce any redundancies<\/li>\n<li>Map Governor\u2019s \u201cMedical Education Core Competencies\u201d to updated Chobanian &amp; Avedisian SOM SUPDM curriculum<\/li>\n<li>Create a new teaching paradigm for SUPDM education within Chobanian &amp; Avedisian SOM<\/li>\n<li>Faculty development SUPDM teaching opportunities<\/li>\n<li>Sustainability and ongoing updates of all SUPDM curricular components<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Outcomes<\/strong><\/span><strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Created <a href=\"\/camed\/files\/2017\/06\/VIG-Learning-Areas-for-SUPDM-Education-at-BUSM.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">VIG Learning Areas for SUPDM Education at BUSM<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Created the <a href=\"\/camed\/files\/2017\/06\/SUPDM-Curriculum-Map.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SUPDM Curriculum Map<\/a>. SUPDM curriculum has been mapped throughout the four year Chobanian &amp; Avedisian SOM curriculum. This has been divided into a:\n<ol>\n<li>core curriculum: courses that all students receive through standardized content and<\/li>\n<li>supplemental curriculum: learning opportunities (e.g. electives, observerships, lectures) that not all students receive.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>Created <a href=\"\/camed\/files\/2017\/06\/Matching-the-Governor\u2019s-Working-Group-Core-Competencies-to-the-BUSM-SUPDM-Curriculum.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Matching the Governor\u2019s Working Group Core Competencies to the BUSM SUPDM Curriculum<\/a>. Documents that the Governor\u2019s Medical Education Core Competencies are met through core components of SUPDM curriculum throughout Chobanian &amp; Avedisian SOM, meaning all graduating students will have met minimum core competencies requirements; additional opportunities to learn\/practice are offered in supplemental curriculum.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Advocacy Vertical Integration Group BUSM Core Disability and Identity Vertical Integration Group Gender and Sexual Diversity Vertical Integration Group Nutrition Vertical Integration Group Racism in Medicine Vertical Integration Group Substance Use and Prescription Drug Misuse Vertical Integration Group Disability and Identity VIG Initiated September 8th, 2022 Members: Jessica Lo, Class of 2025; Noelle Wojciechowski, Class [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2072,"featured_media":0,"parent":28063,"menu_order":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"bu-publication":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2344"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2072"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2344"}],"version-history":[{"count":50,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2344\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":130586,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2344\/revisions\/130586"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"bu-publication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-publication?post=2344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}