- 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
- Anti-Racism, Bias, and Diversity Training
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The Task Force on Racial Justice's Research subcommittee recommended that the school "Create a mandatory, annual university-wide diversity, social justice, and cultural sensitivity training program" for students and trainees in research.
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The Task Force on Racial Justice's Residents/Fellows subcommittee aimed to, "Provide dedicated microaggressions training" and "Implement long-term training and education" on topics such as "Racism as a social determinant of health care" and "Case-based curriculum to address bias and racism in the clinical setting."
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- Curriculum Changes and Requirements
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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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- 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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