DIA Committee/Council
The GME Diversity, Inclusion and Advocacy Council was funded
early 2020. The goal of the council is to represent URiM residents
of BIDMC and provide a safe-safe where to develop ideas, meet
peers and built a community. We organize community building
events throughout the academic year, provide feedback on
recruitment and inclusion efforts to all GME programs and we
are active members of the BILH DEI Task Force
Committee Objectives
· Community and Network Building
· Quarterly social/networking events with trainee community
· Recruitment of URiM house officers
· Provide mentorship to members of SNMA, LMSA and other URiM HMS groups
· Provide HMS mentorship
· Collaborate with pipeline programs
· Participate in recruitment efforts: Attendance at local, regional and national conferences to help with recruitment
· Professional development and mentorship
· Promote professional development of URiM house officers through educational workshops and/or speaker series on topics of interest to house officers
· Community outreach and Advocacy Identify opportunities for members to serve the Greater Boston community
· Identify opportunities for members to advocate for patients
Please email us with any questions! GMEDIACouncilAdmin@bidmc.harvard.edu
GME Trainee Education Council
The GME Trainee Education Council exists as an interdepartmental
group for trainees to provide feedback and suggestions regarding
educational curricula and 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.
Council Leader: Jonathan Berry
Housestaff Quality Improvement Council (HSQIC)
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. The HSQIC shares the fundamental belief that those who are closest to the problems are closets 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.
Additionally, HSQIC offers:
· Consultation for hospital-level initiatives
· Mentorship for careers in QI/Patient Safety
· Access to QI/PS online toolkit
· Partner and support trainee generated QI projects
· Interdepartmental connections
· Opportunities to join hospital-level Q&S meetings and committees
Committee Leaders:
Council Housestaff President: Ben Wagner bwagner@bidmc.harvard.edu
Junior advisor: Jim Doolin jdoolin@bidmc.harvard.edu
Senior faculty advisor: Jim Rawson jrawson@bidmc.harvard.edu
Social Justice Committee
The GME Social Justice Committee brings together like-minded trainees with the goal of enhancing ties with the local community and advocating for our most vulnerable patients. This committee meets monthly and creates opportunities for further training in advocacy and health policy through speaker events, enhances ties between different training programs through social events and develops relationships with local advocacy organizations to allow trainees to participate in hands on community advocacy work.
Committee Leaders: Sandra Carpenter, Cristina Castro-Rivera, Nensi Ruzgar, Pearl Ugwu-Dike
Faculty Advisor: Maelys Amat
Wellness Committee
The GME Wellness Committee is an active and engaged housestaff-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
Faculty Advisor: Ritika Parris
