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Diversity and Multicultural Affairs Update

Diversity and Multicultural Affairs Update. Executive Committee Meeting May 15, 2013. Rafael Ortega, MD Associate Dean. Benefits. Public speaking opportunity for students Recognition of Latino faculty ( Azocar , Soto) Community building activity Strengthening interpersonal relations

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Diversity and Multicultural Affairs Update

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  1. Diversity and Multicultural AffairsUpdate Executive Committee Meeting May 15, 2013 Rafael Ortega, MD Associate Dean

  2. Benefits • Public speaking opportunity for students • Recognition of Latino faculty (Azocar, Soto) • Community building activity • Strengthening interpersonal relations • Enhancing cultural competency • Media

  3. Conversations • Asian • South Asian • Latino • Black • Muslim • Jewish • LGBT • Muslim • Disabilities

  4. EMSSP

  5. Medical Student Interviews • Samantha Kaplan • William Cruikshank • Alexander Norbash • Thea James

  6. Diversity as BMC’s Business Imperative Eric Poon, MD MPH, Cheryl Freed Loew, MBA Ravin Davidoff, MD, Lisa O’Connor, RN BSN MS Rafael Ortega, MD, Justin McCummings, MEd

  7. “Our population, from the boardroom to the frontline, didn’t look like the population we served. In the 1990s, we didn’t realize the U.S. population was changing at a more rapid pace than previously. We needed to step up our own efforts to be in tune with that.” — Steve Reinemund, executive chairman and chairman of the board, PepsiCo

  8. Alberto Vasallo, III Editor-in-Chief

  9. AAMC 2013 Group on Diversity and Inclusion Professional Development Conference toronto, May 16-19, 3013 • 3:30 pm - 4:45 pmThe Intersection of the Arts, Diversity, and Inclusion Speaker(s) :Rafael OrtegaAssociate Dean of Diversity and Multicultural AffairsBoston University School of MedicineMoises Fernandez ViaArts Outreach Initiative DirectorBoston University School of MedicineSamantha KaplanAssistant Dean for Diversity and Multicultural AffairsBoston University School of Medicine

  10. Arts Programs

  11. Arts Outreach Initiative – Examples – BMC/busm • CFA Strings Ensemble and other chamber groups • Moakley (1) • Newton (2) • Shapiro (2) • Menino (14) • Performances in Menino in-patient • Intensive Care 5th floor  (14) • Surgical Unit 7th floor (20) • Performances in Shapiro  • Adult primary care 5th/6th floor (5) • Performances in Bwell Center • Introduction of symphonic instruments (5)

  12. Arts Outreach Initiative – Examples – BMC/busm • THEATER • Students of School of Theater read poems and stories during chemotherapy sessions at the Cancer Center • Moakley Cancer Center Poetry sessions (8) • VISUAL ARTS • Artistic Interventions at BMC from School of Visual Arts students.  • YawkeyBwell Center at Pediatrics • 20 students of School of Visual Arts are part of an effort to create art for selected spaces across BMC in coordination with Patient Experience Committee. (in preparation) • VIAPTrauma (Violence Intervention Advocacy Program) • SPECIAL PROJECT "DIWAN" • Advancing in the research of patient-artist collaborations

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