GME Council on Belonging and Engagement
Mission: To foster a respectful, inclusive, safe and engaging learning environment for all GME trainees by promoting belonging, celebrating all backgrounds and perspectives.
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Membership: Includes all interested residents and fellows, as well as GME leadership
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Council leader: Sophia Bellegarde | sbellega@bidmc.harvard.edu
Please email us with any questions! GMEDIACouncilAdmin@bidmc.harvard.edu
Objectives
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Advance community, representation, and belonging through education, communication, programming and initiatives
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Promote resident and fellow engagement in social, educational, outreach and retention activities
Core Activities
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Organize cultural, educational, and social events open to all trainees to build community, encourage a respectful learning environment and enhance belonging
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Collaborate with GME Leadership – including, but not limited to the GME Director, the Director of Belonging and Engagement for GME, as well as interested Program Directors and Faculty- to encourage respect, belonging and inclusion within the learning environment
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Collaborate with program leadership on developing outreach practices that will broaden the pool of prospective applicants to our training programs
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Collaborate with program leadership on initiatives to encourage retention of trainees, post-graduatio
Housestaff Quality Improvement Council (HSQIC)
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The Housestaff Quality Improvement Council, HSQIC, is a community of QI professionals representing trainees across departments who see care delivery frustrations and complexities as an opportunity for improvement. HSQIC shares the fundamental belief that those who are closest to the problems are closest to the solutions. GME trainees are the frontline of healthcare and deeply committed to QI initiatives. The group is open to all GME residents and fellows at BIDMC and offers process improvement training, online resources, mentoring for projects and regular meetings. Trainees can join HSQIC by submitting THIS FORM.
Additionally, HSQIC offers:
·QI Project Repository to help facilitate collaboration​
·Consultation for hospital-level initiatives
·Mentorship for careers in QI/Patient Safety
·Access to QI/PS online toolkit
·Partnership and support for trainee generated QI projects
·Interdepartmental connections
·Opportunities to join hospital-level Q&S meetings and committees
Committee Leaders:​​​
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Council Housestaff Co-Presidents:
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Michael Orlando | morland2@bidmc.harvard.edu​​
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Samantha Schuetz | sschuetz@bidmc.harvard.edu
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Junior faculty advisor: Ben Wagner | bwagner@bidmc.harvard.edu
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Senior faculty advisor: Jim Rawson | jrawson@bidmc.harvard.edu
​​​​​​​​​​​​Wellness Committee
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The GME Wellness Committee is an active and engaged house staff-led interdepartmental platform that works to support resident and fellow wellness across BIDMC, specifically focusing on community building, career and professional development, healthy lifestyle, and promotion of resilience/coping skills.
Committee Leaders: Ben Allar and Margaret Lie
Director of Resident Wellbeing: Taylor Brown
Housestaff Forum​
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The Housestaff Forum exists as an interdepartmental group for trainees to provide feedback and suggestions regarding educational and curricular processes within their residency and fellowship programs at BIDMC.
In particular, the council aims to identify common challenges across departments and propose unified strategies to improve, as well as to leverage successful endeavors in one program to improve others.
​Contact: BIDMC-GMEHousestaffForum@bidmc.harvard.edu​​​​​
