- Mailing Address
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One Robert Wood Johnson Place
New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901 - Phone
- (732) 235-7739
- Website
- https://rwjms.rutgers.edu/
- School Information
- "As one of the nation's leading comprehensive medical schools, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School is dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in education, research, health care delivery, and the promotion of community health. In cooperation with Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, the medical school's principal affiliate, they comprise New Jersey's premier academic medical center. In addition, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School has 34 other hospital affiliates and ambulatory care sites throughout the region. Robert Wood Johnson Medical School encompasses 20 basic science and clinical departments, and hosts centers and institutes including The Cardiovascular Institute, the Child Health Institute of New Jersey, the Institute for Neurological Therapeutics, and the Women's Health Institute. The medical school maintains educational programs at the undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate levels for more than 1,500 students on its campuses in New Brunswick and Piscataway, and provides continuing education courses for health care professionals and community education programs. Robert Wood Johnson Medical School strives to achieve a level of gender, racial and ethnic diversity and equity among the faculty, students and staff reflective of the diversity in our society; to increase the number of under-represented in medicine and women faculty in positions of leadership and in higher academic ranks. Our underrepresented in medicine definition includes Blacks and Hispanics, and women in leadership roles. This, along with the goal of attracting disadvantaged New Jersey residents as medical school applicants, is what is used for the purpose of tracking students, faculty and staff" (Source: https://rwjms.rutgers.edu/about_rwjms/overview).
Actions Taken
- Anti-Racism, Bias, and Diversity Training
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The Daily Targum reported that on August 26, 2021, a group of more than 150 medical students participated in a walkout organized by the White Coats for Black Lives (WC4BL) at RWJMS in response to the school’s alleged attempt to censor a talk on structural racism and its impact on patients, students and healthcare providers. In response to this, Pamela Brug--Rutgers alumna, obstetrician-gynecologist, and speaker at the Patient-Centered Medicine 2 (PCM2): Uprooting Structural Racism in Medicine talk--said "the administration should examine the incident as an example of microaggressions, racism and white fragility and eliminate the root cause."
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- Faculty/Staff Requirements
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Following the Black Lives Matter protests, mass shootings and violence against Asians through the country during the COVID-19 pandemic, the school's Office of Inclusion and Diversity stated that, "with social unrest enveloping the country, leadership needs to do their part to stop and prevent bias in the workplace."
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- Resources
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The school's Office of Inclusion and Diversity links to a set of resources on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Medical Education.
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The Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences is "home to the Women’s Health Institute and the Urban Global Scholars Program, initiatives designed to promote awareness of injustice and disparity within diverse communities in order to further [its] social justice mission." The department also has a Committee on Diversity and Inclusion.
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The Rutgers Medical School has a Distinction in Inclusion & Diversity program for "students who show exceptional interest, leadership, and commitment to inclusion and diversity in healthcare." Students in this program will "distinguish themselves by integrating the complexities of diversity and cultural humility in the context of healthcare and develop skills in the collaborative planning, implementation, participation, and dissemination of a project in the realm of diversity, inclusion, and health equity."
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The school's Office of Inclusion and Diversity's "Call to Action" page states that the Office "would like to begin the discussion around Unconcious [sic] Bias, Implicit Bias and Microaggressions in the Workplace."
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The school's Office of Inclusion and Diversity's "Education and Enrichment" page announced an event titled "Activating Allyship: Addressing Implicit Bias & Microaggressions" which took place on December 14, 2022. The webpage also defines implicit bias and microaggressions in detail.
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- Symbolic Actions
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The school created a report on "Roadmap to Healing: Anti-Racism Initiatives for the Medical School Community."
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The Department of Surgery stated stated that it recognizes "the extent to which inequity, social injustice, and systemic racism impact the health of the Rutgers RWJ community and the communities we serve. Diverse ideas and innovative solutions are required to effectively tackle issues related to inequity, health disparities, systemic racism, and bias in medicine."
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The Department of Surgery says that it "values diversity, equity, and inclusion among all faculty, staff, and trainees," and is committed to fostering a collaborative and inclusive environment for all, regardless of any aspect of identity."
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