Health Equity & Human Impact
Mission Statement:We value the unique qualities, strengths, and contributions of our residents, faculty, and staff of all ages, races, national origins, ethnicities, religions, sexes, gender identities, cultures, and physical abilities. Harnessing the collective talent of our MacNeal Graduate Medical Education (GME) community is key to achieving excellence in our training programs. |
GME Inclusiveness Collaborative Committee
Our GME Inclusiveness Collaborative Committee was founded to address longstanding barriers such as institutional racism, implicit bias, and healthcare disparities that affect our nation, and more specifically, our community. We value inclusivity and are committed to fostering a sense of belonging within the MacNeal institution.
Our GME-level inclusiveness committee membership includes residents, faculty, program coordinators, program leadership, hospital leadership, and our DIO.
Our current and former residents represent countries from across the globe, including the Bahamas, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Germany, Ghana, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Jordan, Mexico, Nepal, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Russian Federation, Ukraine, USA, Venezuela, and many more!
We aim to:
- Recruit and retain diverse residents and faculty who reflect the demographics of our community and the patient population we serve
- Increase the number of underrepresented minorities in medicine
- Educate residents and faculty through curriculum development and other educational opportunities
- Establish collaborative relationships with our community through outreach initiatives
- Provide inclusive patient care and improve health equity in our community
The above is in alignment with the five core values of Trinity Health:
Internal Medicine Curriculum
Our faculty and residents recognize that education in medicine must include an understanding of the social determinants of health and implicit bias. Additionally, education does not occur in a single lecture or module. In addition to lectures, we educate residents longitudinally, in all the spaces where learning occurs.
Below are some examples of the diverse educational experiences at Loyola MacNeal:
Immersive Clinical Experiences
- Diverse inpatient experiences in an academic community hospital setting
- Caring for uninsured and under-insured patients
- Caring for patients regardless of their ability to pay
- Multilingual experience with on-site interpreters
- Community Medicine elective with street medicine experiences
Health Equity Didactics
- Internal Medicine Noon Conference includes monthly lecture topics including:
- Transgender medicine
- Cultural competence
- Bioethics- Ethics Series- Safe Discharge
- Religion and medicine
- Anti-racism and white fragility-Implicit Bis
- Health Disparities Series, Grand Rounds: Community Health Needs Assessment Update
- Microaggressions workshop
- Academic half day:
- Regularly scheduled "Wednesday School", mandatory for all house staff
- Social determinants of health workshops