- Mailing Address
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1115 West Call Street
Tallahassee, Florida 32304 - Phone
- (850) 644-1855
- Email address
- medadmissions@med.fsu.edu
- Website
- https://med.fsu.edu/
- School Information
- "The Florida State University College of Medicine was created in June 2000 through Chapter C2000-303 [pdf], Laws of Florida, with the mission of serving the unique needs of Floridians. In accordance with the procedures for the accreditation of a new medical school, the FSU College of Medicine was granted full accreditation by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education on Feb. 3, 2005, after having received provisional accreditation on Oct. 17, 2002." The school enrolls 480 medical students and employs 170 full-time faculty. (Source: https://med.fsu.edu/comaboutus/our-story)
- General Information
- Florida State University President John Thrasher created the President’s Task Force on Anti-Racism, Equity & Inclusion for the 2020-2021 academic year. In January 2022, the Racism Awareness Week (RAW) Committee invited The Florida State University College of Medicine to its annual RAW. This "week-long series of events [was] created to raise awareness about racism and highlighting themes surrounding racial disparities, injustice, and inequalities, while relating these issues to the realm of medicine and healthcare."
Actions Taken
- Anti-Racism, Bias, and Diversity Training
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The school's Council on Diversity and Inclusion lists its current and ongoing initiatives including, "Provide diversity and inclusion orientation sessions for new FSU COM students and employees" and "Develop diversity and inclusion training and education opportunities for FSU COM."
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- Disciplinary Measures
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The school's Council on Diversity and Inclusion provides a "Report an Incident" page which allows students, faculty, or staff to "Report Discrimination, Bias, or Related Incidents." The page also states that "Reporting concerns will allow for a more accurate understanding of the climate of the College, and in turn will allow for the creation of targeted interventions to address needed areas of improvement."
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- Program and Research Funding
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On October 5, 2021, Florida State University News published an article entitled "FSU research team awarded $3.1M NIH grant to address racial inequities in health care" and stated, "With this interdisciplinary award to FSU, led by the College of Medicine, the NIH signals they are moving in a new direction, providing funding specifically to investigate behavioral and social issues leading to racial inequities in the health-care system."
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- Resources
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The school's Council on Diversity and Inclusion homepage links to "Black Lives Matter Resources" and describes it as "Resources in support of racial justice and education."
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The school's Council on Diversity and Inclusion announced its "Racism Awareness Week," taking place January 9-13, 2023. The week-long series of events was created to "raise awareness about racism and highlighting themes surrounding racial disparities, injustice, and inequalities, while relating these issues to the realm of medicine and healthcare. We strongly believe racism is an important topic to be discussed year-round."
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- Symbolic Actions
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On June 8, 2020, the school's Deans, Chairs and Administrators published a "Message About Racism From College Leadership" (in response to the death of George Floyd) which stated in part that "We are committed to making sure all of us understand the impacts of racism on the health of minority populations and how it has influenced economic, cultural and social circumstances in this country. Further, our commitment goes beyond understanding to being actively anti-racism."
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