Social Mission Alliance

Dominant or malignant narratives in medicine limit our understanding of the root causes of health inequities. So how can we transform them to advance health equity? During the next National Health Equity Grand Rounds event, "Rewrite the Script: Narrative Transformation for Equity in Health" on Nov. 21 at 2:00 PM CT, explore how we can reshape the stories we tell about ourselves, our communities, and the challenges we face. Step into a better understanding of our role as health care professionals in identifying harmful dominant narratives and moving beyond individual action to advance health equity. As Race Forward explains, “when our stories and messages align with the narratives we want to elevate, we create impact.” Register here: https://lnkd.in/gYcxhyMQ

interested in Diversity and inclusion for Physician-Scientists everywhere? Join the MSTP subcommittee through the National Diversity Research Committee. We seek to address the needs of our current dual-degree students and promote greater inclusivity in the physician-scientist field by encouraging underrepresented students to apply. Feel free to email diversity@snma.org if you have any further questions. https://lnkd.in/ejvB9Ws3 #SNMA #SNMAExcellence #mdphd #doubledocs #dophd #mstp #URiM #DiversifyMedicine

Opportunity for current or recent graduate students!! The Office of Minority Health Equity Leadership Development Initiative Fellowship is accepting applications through January 17. If you or someone you know might be interested, send them this post or tag them below.

🕸 👻 A spooky article for your Halloween: new Health Affairs Forefront article lays out the implications of Project 2025 on reproductive care and the the health workforce. What would a world with Project 2025 policies look like? - Federal policies compelling DA's to prosecute abortion-related cases. - Removal of HIPAA protection on abortion-related records; allowing confidential patient information to be turned over to law enforcement. - Limits on required abortion-related training programs for health professionals. - Removal of Mifepristone from the market. - Undercutting labor organizing, making it harder for health professionals to unionize. This article isn't all tricks with no treat. The authors also offer several recommendations: 🍬 Ensure that violations of federal rulemaking laws are properly challenged in court. 🍬 Adopt policies to curb "Judge Shopping" (when a plaintiff brings a case in a single-judge division with an ideologically aligned judge to get their preferred outcome.) 🍬 Adopt the ABC test as a federal standard for employee classification. 🍬 Congress should pass the Nurse Staffing Standards for Hospital Patient Safety and Quality Care Act. "Protecting both patients and providers should remain a priority in any health and labor policy discussion, and the risks posed by such sweeping reforms must be carefully weighed." - Read: Project 2025’s Labor And Reproductive Health Policies: Implications For The Health Workforce https://lnkd.in/e8Eesqs7 Authors: Finn Dobkin, Julia Strasser, Patricia Pittman, & Edward Salsberg Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity

Join Our our friends at Vot-ER for Get Out the Vote Phonebanks! Your calls will help drive voter turnout and make an impact in local, state, and national elections. You won't be telling anyone how to vote—just making sure our community is ready to vote. Our voters are counting on us! Whether you are a phonebanking pro or it's your first time making calls, these phonebanks are for you! During each session, there's a brief training so you feel prepared to make calls to voters who have used Vot-ER tools—thanks to our incredible health professionals who helped them get ready to vote. These nonpartisan calls and reminders are needed to ensure these voices are heard this election. "I’ve phonebanked with other organizations before, but these Vot-ER phonebanks are by far the most rewarding & fun. We are talking to newly registered voters who are excited and actually appreciative to receive the information they need to go out and vote! Never thought I'd say I love making calls so much!" - Christina Cazanave (2022 phonebanking volunteer) https://lnkd.in/gDXZYeBS

Medical school applicants all have different priorities when it comes to choosing the right school for them. Similarly, medical schools themselves have different priorities. That’s why a “one size fits all” system of rankings doesn’t work. Ratings, on the other hand, gives power back to the individual to decide what to prioritize. Help us get more schools to measure what matters; encourage your medical school deans to join us. You can find an email template with suggested language at https://lnkd.in/eidX2YRD. The Social Mission Metrics self-assessment is a tool for health professions schools to evaluate their social mission and learn how they are doing in each domain. With feedback reports, we give schools resources for how to improve in each of these domains. We don’t publicize results because we hope this will keep schools honest. Right now, all US medical schools have been invited to evaluate their social mission. The self-assessment closes at the end of October.

Tuition-free medical education is making it harder for low-income and underrepresented minority applicants. Toyese Oyeyemi says, “it's admirable that private philanthropists are aiming their attention and resources towards supporting the next generation of healthcare providers. What we need though is for reasonable accountability from the institutions receiving these dollars.” Despite good intentions, tuition-free medical education has been shown to result in a more competitive application process that still advantages wealthier applicants. This happened at NYU, and is likely to continue as more medical schools receive major funding, like Albert Einstein College of Medicine. “If these schools are genuine in their mission to service and closing disastrous gaps to accessing education and even direct care, they can take a step forward by allocating these funds for students who demonstrate commitments to serving the underserved, students committed to primary care, and capable trainees who simply may not have had the same avenues to medical school as their counterparts with more resources to access.” As Oyeyemi said to Rose Horowitch for a recent article in The Atlantic, these philanthropic donations aimed at decreasing barriers to medical education “need to be coupled with admissions reform or accountability efforts to have any effect.” https://lnkd.in/gFqZMNBb

Congratulations to Senior Fellow Brigit Carter who received recognition for Clinical Article of the Year from the National Association of Neonatal Nurses (NANN)! Brigit is a leader in nursing education. Her research has focused on strategies to increase the number of historically marginalized nursing students and to understand individual-level social determinants that hinder nursing education. https://lnkd.in/eZpW-e4i

As a community partner in the Modernized Anti-Racist Data Ecosystems (MADE) for Health Justice initiative, the Black Equity Coalition (BEC) is working with the City of Pittsburgh to ensure that Black residents have a meaningful participatory role in the design of public data systems. Read about the BEC's history, mission, and advice for advancing health equity at the local level in their Social Mission Alliance Champion Spotlight: https://bit.ly/3U9RPTQ Learn more about the partners and goals of Pittsburgh's Black Neighborhoods, a MADE for Health Justice community project: https://bit.ly/3YwlzwR #antiracism #data #DataJustice #CommunityHealth #HealthEquity

📅 Upcoming event: National Health Equity Grand Rounds, "Rewrite the Script: Narrative Transformation for Equity in Health,” happening on Thursday, November 21 starting at 2:00 PM CT. Coming to you live from the main stage at Facing Race, national thought leaders from diverse backgrounds, including physicians, writers, artists, narrative strategists, filmmakers and digital media experts, will share insights on how to challenge harmful dominate narratives and provide insights on how we can reshape how we approach health. This is sure to be a can’t-miss conversation - register now: https://bit.ly/3BpjKIF The event is developed by American Medical Association, ACGME, National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education, and RespectAbility with support from ABIM Foundation, Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), American Society of Addiction Medicine - ASAM, AMA Ed Hub, @Boston Medical Center (BMC), Council of Medical Specialty Societies, HealthBegins, Kaiser Permanente, Sinai Chicago, The Hastings Center, Joint Commission, Rush University Medical Center, Medical Society of Delaware, American Epilepsy Society, American Society of Nephrology, Minnesota Medical Association, and MedChi, The Maryland State Medical Society. #healthequity #healthcare #meded #dei