Medical College of Georgia – Augusta University

The college said, "In 2017, MCG began following the holistic review recommendations developed by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) as well as internal guidelines developed by the admissions committee made up of 20 dedicated faculty members and students..." Additionally, the college's associate dean of admissions said, "We look at the context of the individual, so it’s not solely metric driven or based on a person’s GPA or their Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) score. While we follow national benchmarks for assessing the academic readiness of our applicants, equally as important are an individual’s experiences and attributes in selecting the next generation of future physicians."

The Departments of Medicine and Internal Medicine are "dedicated to recruiting and training a diverse group of physicians."

The Office of Student Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion offers “resident, fellow, and faculty training in Microaggressions, Unconscious Biases, and Health Equity.”

The Department of Cardiology seeks diverse fellows by "educating our Faculty and House Staff involved in House Staff recruitment regarding our Program's philosophy on the importance of diversity in GME training to ensure optimization of the Program and patient care."

As part of its Inclusivity and Belonging and Cultural Humility initiatives, the Department of Psychiatry states, "It should be noted that supervisors are encouraged to attend yearly inclusivity and belonging trainings held by the internship to help facilitate supervisor familiarity and comfort with inclusivity and belonging issues."

Department of Psychiatry Interns take part in weekly diversity training seminars "which [address] issues of diversity and cultural humility." Additionally, they take part in a yearly "half-day workshop [which] includes presentations by internship faculty and community leaders on subjects related to diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice, especially issues applicable to the Augusta region and communities we serve."

The Office of Student Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion will “optimize diversity and cultural sensitivity by both reviewing existing curricular content for biases and creating new content.”

The Department of Psychiatry has incorporated DEI into its curriculum in several ways which includes the following methodology: "The second early activity focused on self-reflection regarding cultural inclusivity and belonging is the Self-Assessment of Cultural Competence. Interns complete this assessment at the beginning of the training year, and it is intended to help form an on-going discussion of cultural/inclusivity and belonging sensitivity/awareness with the intern’s overall supervisor."

For the graduating Class of 2025, the Department of Emergency Medicine offers the Visiting Elective Diversity Scholarship Program which includes a "$1500 scholarship for visiting students who identify as an underrepresented minority in medicine!"

The Second Look Program at MCG is an "opportunity to allow accepted but committed applicants, who identify as being underrepresented in medicine to learn more about the Medical College of Georgia as well as to interact closely with underrepresented in medicine faculty and students in a more intimate setting."

MCG offers several pipeline programs that are "dedicated to developing a diverse, culturally competent & empathetic physician workforce and providing an environment that fosters cultural understanding, cultural competency, and opportunities for individuals of all backgrounds."

The vice president and chief medical officer for Augusta University Health said, "Medical colleges around the country must also prepare future doctors and health care workers to be cognitive of the longstanding inequities that pervade the health care system and provide short-term and long-term solutions to reduce these disparities."

The college named the "medical school’s associate dean for learner diversity, equity and inclusion." As of 2022, the current officeholder was "recently appointed to serve on the Association of American Medical College’s Constructing an Equitable, Inclusive, and Anti-racist Learning Environment Working Group."

The college has an "Office of Learner Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion," which aims to, "Develop, implement and enhance practices and policies of diversity and inclusivity that facilitate a culturally sensitive college and academic health center environment." It also has a link to the "AAMC Anti-Racism in Medicine Collection."

The college also has a number of Student Affinity Groups.

The school's Diversity and Inclusion page links to AAMC's (Association of American Medical Colleges) "Anti-racism in Medicine Collection."

In 2018, Nicole Rockich-Winston, PharmD, MS (Associate Professor, Assistant Dean Academic Affairs-Curriculum Medical College of Georgia) wrote a letter to the editor of the American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education titled "Critical Race Theory for Pharmacy Diversity Curriculum" and stated, "With respect to student pharmacists specifically, addressing CRT in diversity curriculum offers students the opportunity to recognize the causes and consequences of racism and articulate unjust practices against racially diverse people."

The school's Office of Diversity and Inclusion states that it is "Enhancing programs that facilitate cultural competency development for all members of the college."

On March 9, 2023, it was reported that the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University hosted a training called, “The Skeleton In Our Closet: Racism at MCG.”

The Office of Student Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion states that, “Every summer we host the Student Educational Enrichment Program and the Pre-Matriculation Program.”

The Student National Medical Association at MCG is "committed to support[ing] current and future underrepresented minority medical students, addressing the needs of underserved communities, and increasing the number of clinically excellent, culturally competent and socially conscious physicians."

A college official said, "That’s why cultural sensitivity training is so valuable. The truth is, we all have biases and health care providers are no different..."

According to page 16, the Office of Student Affairs is dedicated towards “fostering a diverse, inclusive, and student-centered community.”

The Medical College of Georgia hosts the Office of Student and Multicultural Affairs, which works towards “promoting an inclusive and diverse environment.”