Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine

According to a report from the group Do No Harm, the school's secondary application questions include, "We are all differentiated from or connected to one another by individual inflections that constitute our diversity. Explain how your relationship with your own diversity and to the diversities of others manifests in your personal and professional activities."

According to the MinnPost, a joint-center between the University of Minnesota and the Mayo Clinic will “develop ways to address the impact of racism on the cardiovascular health of members of the state’s people of color,” using a “five-year, $19.4 million grant from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities.”

The Mayo Clinic has a Center for Health Equity and Community Engagement research that aims to “develop the strategic direction and initiatives aimed at creating innovative solutions to health disparities throughout the course of life to advance the ideal of health equity.”

The Mayo Clinic's Board of Governors "is making a commitment of $100 million to work on" areas, such as "Eliminating bias in medicine and science" and "Giving equitable access to Mayo Clinic's knowledge and services to patients, addressing barriers."

The Mayo Clinic said, "Aligning with our path leading to 2030, Mayo Clinic is pledging $100 million over the next 10 years to eliminate racism and advance equity and inclusion within Mayo Clinic, and to improve health equity. We will make sure every dollar of this commitment is put to meaningful and actionable use."

The Mayo Clinic said, "Mayo Clinic is pursuing diversity research to further understand equity and its impactful outcomes."

The Mayo Clinic said, "Mayo Clinic is excited to announce the Center for Chronic Disease Reduction and Equity Promotion Across Minnesota, whose mission is to reduce disparities in cardiovascular diseases and related chronic conditions experienced by historically marginalized communities, including immigrants and refugees across Minnesota."

The school's Undergraduate Plummer Scholars (UPS) Program is an "online training program designed to expose, excite, and engage underrepresented undergraduates with high potential of pursuing a career in medicine." The 2024 program is "scheduled to run from October to April 2024." 

The Post-baccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP) at Alix School of Medicine "encourages individuals from underrepresented groups or from disadvantaged backgrounds who hold a recent baccalaureate degree in a biomedically relevant area of study to pursue a research doctorate."

The college curated “Anti-Racism and Equity Resources for Mayo Clinic Learners,” including Ibram X. Kendi’s “How To Be An Antiracist” and Robin DiAngelo’s “White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism.”

The Mayo Clinic’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion “works closely with several offices to coordinate programs for clinical practice, education and research efforts throughout Mayo Clinic.” Such offices include the Office of Health Equity and Inclusion, and the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science Office for Diversity.

The Academic Units for Primary Care Training and Enhancement recommended that primary care units “Design learning environments within and outside institutions that advance health equity by enabling equal access to human, physical, and economic resources and opportunities that promote social, mental, and physical health.”

The college offered a “Being an Upstander: Racism” resource guide, which recommends Robin DiAngelo’s "White Fragility” and Ibram X. Kendi’s “How to be Anti-Racist” as additional resources.

The college and the Office for Education Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion offers the Wilson Scholars Program, which “is a graduate medical education pathway program towards career advancement. The program is open to first, second, and third year medical students of all backgrounds that are committed to addressing issues of diversity and equity in health care.”

The college also offers the “Mayo Clinic CARES (Career Advancement Research and Education Summer)” for Arizona high school students. The college says, “Emphasis is placed on students from special populations, underserved areas, diverse backgrounds, and interest in health equity and/or community outreach.”

In September of 2021, the school took to Facebook and announced that it was holding a Virtual Information Session where prospective students would hear from the Dean of DEI.

In response to the death of George Floyd, the Office of Education, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion released a statement on social media and held an event in conjunction.

The Mayo Clinic Office of Equity, Inclusion and Diversity will be, "Changing the world by improving global health care, including being an innovator in equity, inclusion and diversity." The Mayo Clinic said, "Mayo Clinic’s annual conference, RISE for Equity, brings together thought leaders, practitioners and students from across the U.S. to gain upstander and ally skills and network. Our weekly EverybodyIN Conversation series helps Mayo Clinic staff explore challenging topics such as 'Being Black in America,' 'Thriving Beyond Disabilities' and 'Reverse Discrimination.'”

The Mayo Clinic has a "RISE for Equity" podcast.

The Mayo Clinic said, "Each week, Mayo Clinic hosts EverybodyIN Conversations, where participants share personal stories and experiences to promote understanding and inclusion. This virtual meeting is broadcast across the organization for Mayo Clinic staff and students. EverybodyIN Conversations began March 2020 to help staff explore and gain skills to discuss racism, diversity, inclusion and equity." These conversations have covered topics, such as "Breaking Bias Is Hard to Do" and "A Deeper Dive Into Systemic Racism."

The Mayo Clinic has an "Office of Health Equities and Inclusion," which, "Supports inclusiveness and health equity for the patient populations Mayo Clinic serves."

On July 29, 2020, the Duluth News Tribune published an article entitled "Mayo Clinic closes historic Plummer doors to signal start of anti-racism campaign" which discusses the clinic's $100 million initiative "to eliminate racism and advance equity and inclusion within Mayo Clinic." Two initiatives of the campaign are, "Increase recruitment and retention of physicians, nurses and supervisors from underrepresented groups and build an inclusive environment for staff, learners and patients, using an additional allocation of $5 million per year" and "Address conscious and unconscious racism within the organization."

On January 15, 2020, the online publication "Health Affairs" published an articled entitled "Implicit Bias Curricula In Medical School: Student And Faculty Perspectives" and addresses the need for implicit bias courses in medical curriculums. According to the article. "At Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine (MCASOM), students participate in an unconscious bias session in the first two weeks of Year 1. This content is part of the required longitudinal four-year Science of Health Care Delivery (SHCD) curriculum, a program jointly developed by MCASOM and Arizona State University. Students at the Rochester, Minnesota, and Scottsdale, Arizona, campuses are expected to complete two Implicit Association Tests (IATs) prior to the session and read Blindspot by Mahzarin Banaji and Anthony Greenwald."

On February 28, 2023, Mayo Clinic staff reported the following: "Black Resistance is the 2023 theme of Black History Month. In honor of the month, the Office for Education Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion highlighted Black faculty and leaders in our Mayo Clinic community as they reflected on the theme and what the month meant to them."

The college has an “Office for Education Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.”

The Mayo Clinic said, "We will leverage our platform and digital strategies to help improve health equity across the nation. We will address conscious and unconscious racism throughout our organization."

The Mayo Clinic Office of Equity, Inclusion and Diversity aims to, "Eliminate bias in medicine and science with Mayo Clinic services and influence external factors that lead to health disparities" and "Be equitable in the access to Mayo Clinic’s knowledge and services to patients, addressing barriers."