Medical College of Wisconsin Emergency Medicine Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Anti-Racism Pledge from Department Chair
The Department of Emergency Medicine recognizes that racism is a public health crisis that must be urgently addressed. We are committed to examining our own biases, ending racial disparities in health care, and being proactively anti-racist by changing culture, systems, organizational structures, policies, practices and attitudes.
Ian B. K. Martin, MD, MBA, FACEP, FAAEM
Professor with Tenure and System Chair
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Emergency Medicine Committees
URiM and Allyship Committee
Vision
Our vision, the Emergency Medicine Underrepresented in Medicine (URiM) & Allyship Team, is to make progressive strides within this generation: to enhance the structure of healthcare, advance equitable health care, innovate through transformative research, retain URiM healers, and build a coalition of allies for health equity.
Mission
We strive to be an exceptional national leader in high-quality acute care by being upstanders for equity, building community trust, promoting community engagement, and training the next generation of compassionate doctors with a didactic platform centered on Developing an Outlook on Other Realities (DOOR). We will innovate through equity-oriented research, policies, and outreach. We believe that each person should be allowed to live to their full potential; and we will actively work to achieve that goal through community engagement intent on reducing disparities across the population in and beyond Wisconsin.
Women's Faculty Council
The Emergency Medicine Women's Faculty Council started in 2017. The group developed after our department experienced a 150% growth in women in our department with the growth of our faculty. During this time period, women faculty began to feel an acute need for mentorship and were seeking pathways for personal development.
Our goals:
- Improve mentorship for Women EM Faculty
- Assist with leadership advancement and development
- Support academic pursuits
- Enhance personal growth and well-being
Women's Faculty Council activities include holding quarterly meetings and discussing topics such as career advancement, benevolent sexism, encouraging scholarly pursuits, a gender pay gap analysis, and community outreach opportunities. Each meeting concludes with goal setting for specific project initiatives.
As the group has developed, committees have formed with focus on research, planning of wellness events, faculty promotion and award letter writing. We continue to extend our outreach to other faculty groups across campus and push to further include our residents in these initiatives.
Our accomplishments include the development of the following:
- Departmental parental leave policy
- A resident and faculty new parent guide
- Scheduling improvements
- Award Letter Writing toolbox
- Monthly research meetings
Women Faculty 2020 accomplishments:
- AWAEM Catalyst Award Recipient – Amy Zosel, MD
- AACT Board Member and NACCT presymposium organizer – Jill Theobald, MD
- Secured $1.3 Million in Grant Funding – Jennifer Hernandez-Meier, PhD
- Associate CMO Froedtert Hospital position – Alicia Pilarski, DO
- Chair Elect, MCW Council for Women's Advocacy named – Amy Zosel, MD
- 18 publications, 22 presentations and national conferences