Tulane University School of Medicine

As of August 3, 2022, the school is "Requiring every member of the SoM community to complete an online training module focused on 'Diversity in the Workplace'."

As of August 3, 2022, the school "Established annual school-wide diversity grand rounds, first topic was titled 'ERASE-ing Mistreatment by Patients,' which addressed mistreatment of healthcare professionals by patients including but not limited to overt racism, sexual harassment, and microaggressions."

As of August 3, 2022, the school "Established a Professionalism Task Force to evaluate the SoM’s Professionalism/Environment of Learning Program and mechanisms to report and track unprofessional (including racist/discriminatory) behavior."

The school is (As of August 3, 2022) "developing a reporting system where students can notify the administration if they come across and/or are taught things which they find offensive or discriminatory."

As of August 3, 2022, the school has "Mandated EDI [Equity, Diversity, Inclusion] training for executive faculty, faculty search committee members, admissions committee members, and residency and fellowship program directors and coordinators."

On October 15, 2019, the school held an event titled "trust and Authenticity: Building Sustained Relationships with Our Colleagues and Those We Serve," which featured Dave McIntosh, PhD, Vice President and Chief Inclusion and Diversity Officer at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. McIntosh's research "examines race and oppression utilizing phenomenology and critical race theory, as well as assessment and campus climate."

The school is creating a "5-year EDI and Anti-Racist Strategic Plan" as part of the university-wide strategic planning initiative titled "Strategy for Tomorrow." (As of August 3, 2022)

As of August 3, 2022, the school "Launched the Anti-Racism Leadership Program (ARLP) and the Emerging Leaders Program (ELP) to improve the diversity of the university’s management and leadership ranks..."

As of August 3, 2022, the school's residency and fellowship programs are "including discussions of EDI [Equity, Diversity, Inclusion] perspectives in clinical, educational, and research venues in program meetings and in didactics on implicit bias and inclusivity."

As of August 3, 2022, the school's residency and fellowship programs are "including discussions of EDI [Equity, Diversity, Inclusion] perspectives in clinical, educational, and research venues in program meetings and in didactics on implicit bias and inclusivity."

The school's Liaison Committee on Racial & Social Justice in Medical Education is a "student-led committee established in response to Tulane University School of Medicine’s (TUSOM) Call to Action, denouncing the murder of George Floyd and our country’s extensive history of racial and social injustice." The primary aim of the committee is to "enhance education in racial and social justice across the curriculum by reviewing curricular content, providing feedback, and offering recommendations." (The committee links to its 2021 recommendations report.)

The school's Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, in response to the killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery, has committed to a "more focused effort to become an anti-racist section and to intensify our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion efforts." The Department has "developed a process for working towards a Strategic Plan for DEI in Tulane Child and Adolescent Psychiatry," formed a steering committee, and created "four committees, Recruitment and Retention (faculty, trainees and staff), Self-Improvement, Clinical Training and Community Engagement."