Diversity & Inclusion

Download past meeting presentations covering topics related to diversity, inclusion, and equity.

APDIM Fall Meeting 2018

• Plenary Session I: #MeToo: Helping Our Residents Navigate Power Differentials, Sexism, Harassment, and Gender Inequity in Academic Medicine
• Samuel Is Smart and Hannah Is Helpful: Mitigating Bias in Written Evaluations and Letters of Recommendation
• To Health Disparities and Beyond: An Educational Framework for Identifying and Mitigating Implicit Bias in Ambulatory Care
• "I Am the Doctor": Helping Our Female Residents Address Gender Bias 

Academic Internal Medicine Week 2018

• Our Responsibility: Courageous Conversations about Race, Equity and Inclusion
• Creating an Implicit Bias Curriculum for Graduate Medical Education: Integrating One Program’s Experience
• Walking the Walk: Using Simulation to Teach Health Equity
• PA Plenary Session V: Increasing Diversity: Recruiting to Make a Difference

AAIM Skills & Leadership Conference 2017

• Plenary II. Improving Resident Diversity to Meet Learning Environment and Patient Care Needs
• An Educational Curriculum in Cultural Humility: A Framework for Actionable Goals and Objectives
• More Than a Language Barrier: Teaching Trainees to Provide High-Quality Care to Individuals with Limited English Proficiency
• It’s Just a Drunk: Addressing Implicit Bias and Disparities in Care Associated with Substance Abuse in the Internal Medicine Clerkship
• Precourse, Women in Medicine: Breakout Session 2: We Need to Talk: Understanding Your Legal Position as a Woman Faculty or Staff Member

Academic Internal Medicine Week 2017

• APDIM/CDIM Joint Plenary, Unconscious Bias
• APDIM Plenary Session II, How Do We Do That? Creating a Diverse and Inclusive Environment Presentation1 | Presentation2
• Diversity and Inclusion: The Roadmap to Achieving Excellence
• The Experience of Women Residents in Internal Medicine

APM Winter Meeting 2017

• Plenary Session IV, Not Just for Do-Gooders: Applying the Hippocratic Oath to Diversity and Unconscious Bias —Molly Carnes, MD

About the Award

The AAIM Diversity Award was created to promote ethnic, racial, and gender diversity in departments of internal medicine. The award is presented to an individual who has effectively improved diversity within medical schools or who has worked to ensure patients of all races and ethnicities receive the highest quality of care. The award is presented during Academic Internal Medicine Week.

Past Recipients 

2018:  Lisa Barkley, MD, FAAFP, FSAHM, FACSM

2017: Joseph Betancourt, MD, MPH

Learn more

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