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Cathy Bendel, MD (she/her)

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Vice Chair for Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

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Leadership Structure

  • Pediatric Vice Chair for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
    • Department Chair support is crucial
    • No longer under the faculty development umbrella
    • Broader programmatic development, budget, and staff
    • Associate Chair and Program Manager
    • Education Manager

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Anjali Goel, MD, MPH

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Deanna Loggins, MEd

Emily Gray, MBA

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Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Council (EDIC)

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EDI Champions

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  • Faculty/fellows from all divisions, other Peds specialties, and staff
  • Communication/Liaison for Involvement
  • Represent Peds on a variety of committees.
  • ***Division specific initiatives***
  • Work highlighted on webpage

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Department Strategic Plan 2027

  • Lengthy process to involve the entire department
  • Goal to have a DEI focus as a common thread in all areas of the final plan (clinical, research and education).

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  • DEI Leadership team involved in the entire process
  • EDIC members recruited to be part of the initial listening sessions and data gathering, now moving into the implementation phase

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  • Making Equity and Diversity Everyone’s Everyday work in Action!

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Initiatives

Education

Faculty Development

Awards / Funding Opportunities

Grand Rounds – DEI topic

  • 2016- present
  • Twice a year
  • EDIC selected
  • Archived on website
  • Local to international speakers
  • Visiting professorships

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Health Equity Rounds

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Faculty Development

  • Medical Education Workshop: Mitigating Bias in the Learning Environment.

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Peer-to-Peer Sessions (P2P)

  • Elephants in the clinic room: Can you identify social determinants of health right in front of you?
  • How to be An Ally 2.0 - Moving from “I Wish I’d Said That” to “I’m Glad I Said That”

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Intercultural Developmental Inventory

  • Administering across the department by division
  • Coaching by Anjlaii Goel and Arnoldo Curiel

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National Conference Attendance

EXCELLENCE IN EQUITY, DIVERSITY, AND INCLUSION FACULTY RECOGNITION AWARD

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SUMMER PEDIATRIC RESEARCH (SUPER) AWARD

    • URM student award – 15
    • Undergrad, graduate, MS
    • Stipend/research funds

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PEDIATRICS EMBRACING DIVERSITY IN SCHOLARSHIP (PEDS) AWARD

    • URM Faculty award
    • $50,0000 over 2 years

Multiple – across all areas – few highlights

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https://med.umn.edu/pediatrics/equity-diversity-inclusion

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Health Equity Rounds

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A new interdisciplinary case discussion series from the Department of Pediatrics with a focus on equity.��All clinical care staff are welcome.

 

Health Equity Rounds is presented for three purposes, to:

  • Identify and analyze the effects of implicit bias and structural racism in clinical scenarios.
  • Describe the historical context and present day role of structural racism and its impact on the health care system.
  • Use newly learned strategies to combat structural racism at the institutional level and reduce the impact of implicit bias on patient care and interprofessional relationships.

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Register & watch live online:� Please register prior to the conference:�https://umn-private.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_mV9b3dVoTxyEz3zlOTjfFg��CME Credit will be given for texting (833-616-1157) or logging attendance on the CE portal using the code provided during session. Attendees have 24 hours to log attendance after the session.

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Inclusion Campaigns

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Join us in creating a welcoming, safe, and respectful workplace and community for all by wearing a button. 

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Increase the awareness of verbal microaggressions

Clarify history / intent behind specific language use

Acknowledge and grow our individual and collective cultural humility

Provide space to ask questions and share experiences

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Pronoun

Awareness

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Challenges

  • Engagement

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  • Financial
  • Emotional
  • Time and Energy
  • Silos
  • Lack of training

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  • https://med.umn.edu/pediatrics/equity-diversity-inclusion

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Trainee EDIC

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  • Resident council
  • Offers a voice and a way to implement change
  • EDIC faculty members serve as mentor/facilitators
  • Identifying priorities, areas of intersection

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