- Mailing Address
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1600 NW 10th Avenue #1140
Miami, Florida 33136 - Phone
- (305) 243-3234
- Email address
- med.admissions@miami.edu
- Website
- https://med.miami.edu/
- School Information
- "The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine is an innovative institution that empowers our students and trainees to transform lives, and inspires them to serve our global community. Research is the backbone of our school. Through it, we are able to advance health care through leading-edge discoveries and offer the highest quality education to tomorrow’s physician-scientists. We know institutional culture affects faculty vitality, trust and inclusion, work-life balance, values alignment and equality. Under the leadership of Dean Henri Ford, we have created an environment where our faculty feel energized by their work and supported to develop personally and professionally." The school enrolls 819 medical school students and employs 1,523 full-time faculty. (Source: https://med.miami.edu/about-us) (Source: https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-medical-schools/university-of-miami-04021)
- General Information
- The school's Task Force on Racial Justice's Curriculum subcommittee recommended that the school "adopt core competencies related to anti-racism. These should be vertically and horizontally integrated across each phase of the NextGenMD curriculum." Additionally, the Curriculum subcommittee recommended that the school, "Integrate anti-racism in the basic science curriculum as well as in the clinical and social sciences curricula." See developments below:
Actions Taken
- Curriculum Changes and Requirements
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The DEI Committee within the Department of Surgery will “integrate the principles of diversity, equity and inclusion in all recruitment, courses of instruction, educational programs and scientific conferences supported and within its organization.”
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The Task Force on Racial Justice's Curriculum subcommittee recommended that the school "adopt core competencies related to anti-racism. These should be vertically and horizontally integrated across each phase of the NextGenMD curriculum" and "Integrate anti-racism in the basic science curriculum as well as in the clinical and social sciences curricula." The task force also recommended that the school, "Eliminate race as a biologic predictor/risk factor in curricular materials."
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The Task Force on Racial Justice's Residents/Fellows subcommittee recommended that the school "include talks on inclusivity, cultural sensitivity" in the curriculum in residency.
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The Task Force on Racial Justice's Curriculum subcommittee aimed to "Adopt core competencies related to anti-racism," "Increase racial inclusivity in all aspects of basic science and clinical curricula," and "Eliminate race as a biologic predictor/risk factor in curricular materials."
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The Learner Assessment and Curriculum Evaluation (LACE) is used by the Office of Medical Education to evaluate students and the Medical Curriculum. It states that graduates are expected to "Demonstrate awareness of implicit and explicit bias, cultural humility, sensitivity, and responsiveness to diverse patient characteristics."
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The Jay Weiss Pathway in Health Equity "is focused on developing skills to achieve health equity among all populations through innovative, nontraditional approaches." In the concentration, "learners will be introduced to health disparities in Miami-Dade, community-based strategies to deliver patient care, and cutting-edge approaches to address sexual health among vulnerable populations, including racial and sexual minorities."
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- Disciplinary Measures
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The Task Force on Racial Justice's Student Affairs subcommittee recommended that the school "Expand CANEWATCH to enable anonymous reporting of racial injustice or discrimination."
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The Office of Medical Education's Important Policies and Procedures states "Formative Feedback (Microaggressions/Bias Incidents) can be used to identify professional behaviors related to anti-oppression and bias (microaggressions) to provide opportunities for improvement." The reports can be made anonymously and are handled by the Office of Student Affairs.
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- Program and Research Funding
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The Task Force on Racial Justice's Research subcommittee aimed to "Enhance opportunities to address health inequities and the relationship between multiple racism levels, including anti-Black racism and health outcomes."
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The Bank of America awarded $200,000 to the University of Miami's School of Medicine's Pediatric Mobile Clinic (PMC). The donation is part of the bank’s $1.25 billion 5-year commitment "to advance racial equality and economic opportunities in the United States."
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- Re-Imagining Policing
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The Task Force on Racial Justice's Community Engagement subcommittee recommended that the school "Decrease criminalization of nonviolent activities (homelessness) in the areas surrounding UM medical Campus" and "Re-imagine public safety and increase city/county funding for it, while also decreasing the burden of public safety on police."
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- Resources
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The Task Force on Racial Justice's Student Affairs subcommittee recommended that the school "Develop a robust Allyship program to promote curricular and extracurricular activities across the medical campus."
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The Office of Diversity, Inclusion, and Community Engagement offered "Racial Justice Resources," which included Robin DiAngelo's "White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism" and Ibram X. Kendi's "How to be an Antiracist."
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At its "The Path Forward: Report of the Task Force on Racial Justice" event, university leadership highlighted the findings of its task force.
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On September 13, 2022, the school's publication "Inventum" published an article titled "Miller School Launches Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Certificate Program." According to Dr. Vega, Ed.D., assistant professor of medical education and assistant dean for Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Community Engagement (ODICE), "Medical students often feel unprepared to care for patients whose cultural backgrounds differ from their own. Even physicians are vulnerable; we all have bias. Programs like this will begin to address health inequities and see equitable patient care move forward.” The program, which requires about 15 hours of engagement, is "soft launching" to the Class of 2026.
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- Symbolic Actions
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The school created its Task Force on Racial Justice with three goals: Identify the systemic racism that exists within the Miller School, Provide feasible recommendations to promote anti-racism practices, and Strategically implement these recommendations. The task force consisted of seven subcommittees.
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The school tweeted, "The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine's Task Force on Racial Justice is committed to establishing a culture that embraces anti-racism practices and promotes diversity and inclusion."
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The school posted on its Facebook page, "The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine's Task Force on Racial Justice was created in 2020 in response to the political and racial climate that has permeated the country and our medical school. The team committed to establishing a culture that embraces anti-racism practices and promotes diversity and inclusion."
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The Department of Surgery will “educate and empower leaders to act as DEI change agents.”
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The Department of Surgery made a commitment to “embed DEI into our compensation committee charter and human capital management reporting.”
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The School of Medicine’s Department of Surgery seeks to “strive to achieve workforce diversity by recruiting, supporting and retaining a diverse team.”
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The Miami Surgery Mentorship Program for Underrepresented Trainees is offered by the Department of Surgery.
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Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine states it "stands united in the commitment to increase diversity and uphold equality" and it is "committed to the recruitment, retention, and inclusion of a diverse range of faculty, trainees, and staff."
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The Department of Neurology states it "condemns racism and all other forms of social injustice." It also commented on George Floyd's death, calling it "one of many in the history of systemic racism and social inequality that is rooted in our country’s past."
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