Social Mission Alliance

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

Continuing with our #FutureFeatureFriday takeovers, this month Angel Adams and Kiara Marmolejos spotlight the PA profession. Learn about the new and exciting work they're doing to promote social mission through the Health Equity Scholar Guide, plus more takeaways from the recent National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) Represent! Summit in September. Angel Adams is a current Health Justice Fellow with the Social Mission Alliance and student at University of Washington MEDEX Kona ('25). Kiara Marmolejos is a former Health Justice Fellow (2023-23), current team member of the Social Mission Alliance, and graduate of the Yale School of Medicine Physician Associate program ('23). #PAWeek, #physicianAssistant #represent #PAsGoBeyond #diversitymatters 

Join us today as we have a social media takeover celebrating #PAWeek with Kiara Marmolejos and Angel Adams #FutureFeatureFriday

What can institutions do to increase the representation of women and URiM leaders in #MedEd? The Social Mission Alliance has an extensive resource library with available tools https://lnkd.in/g9TS4Rus, and the Workplace Change Collaborative similarly has actionable strategies to improve leadership and promoting DE&I https://lnkd.in/gtbXxqrB Medical schools are using the Social Mission Metrics Self-Assessment to evaluate their leadership and many other levers of social mission (https://lnkd.in/eidX2YRD) Read  "In the face of threats to DEI, investments in women and Underrepresented in Medicine leaders are needed more than ever" https://lnkd.in/eydyeXti Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity

URiM family physicians have played a pivotal role in serving Medicaid beneficiaries from racially or ethnically marginalized communities. "With threats to diversity due to recent changes in the admission policies, it is even more imperative that health professions institutions make a commitment and investments in recruiting and training a representative health workforce," says Anushree Vichare about the findings of a new study published in the Annals of Family Medicine. "Health care organizations can be intentional about fostering an inclusive environment and create fair opportunities for URiM clinicians to thrive." https://lnkd.in/eYgDjDU9 With a tool like the Social Mission Metrics Self-Assessment, institutions can get a sense of what they are doing well and what needs improvement. There are plenty of resources for leadership to use to diversify their student populations and foster inclusive environments. Our resource library is one of them https://lnkd.in/g9TS4Rus. Let us know of some of your favorite resources in the comments below. Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity, The George Washington University- Milken Institute School of Public Health