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partnership with Physicians for Equal Opportunity in Medicine, key Mount Sinai
departments, and medical student groups, the Dean's
Diversity Forum was launched in fall of 2000. Through this initiative, house
staff and faculty participate in a series of educational presentations aimed
to increase awareness
and to support a learning environment necessary for increasing diversity and
cultural competencies among the staff in the School of Medicine. Under the
theme Topics in Cultural Diversity in Medicine, the DDF co-sponsors a seminar
series,
which intersects with existing Departmental Grand Rounds. In addition, the
DDF will host an annual conference in partnership with the developing Northeast
Consortium
on Cultural Diversity in Medicine. Examples of topics include: The Meaning
of Race in Science and Health, Decreasing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in
Health Care,
and Workforce Diversity and Health Care Access.
March 18, 2003 Joseph R. Betancourt, M.D., M.P.H.
The IOM Report "Unequal Treatment": Confronting Racial/Ethnic Disparities
in Health Care
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partnership with Physicians for Equal Opportunity in Medicine, key Mount Sinai
departments, and medical student groups, the Dean's
Diversity Forum was launched in fall of 2000. Through this initiative, house
staff and faculty participate in a series of educational presentations aimed
to increase awareness
and to support a learning environment necessary for increasing diversity and
cultural competencies among the staff in the School of Medicine. Under the
theme Topics in Cultural Diversity in Medicine, the DDF co-sponsors a seminar
series,
which intersects with existing Departmental Grand Rounds. In addition, the
DDF will host an annual conference in partnership with the developing Northeast
Consortium
on Cultural Diversity in Medicine. Examples of topics include: The Meaning
of Race in Science and Health, Decreasing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in
Health Care,
and Workforce Diversity and Health Care Access.