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Build pathways to careers in medicine for students who reflect the communities and cultures of our patients, or whose race or ethnicity is underrepresented in medicine. Why this is important
The strength of our health system and the care we give relies on our diverse staff and the linguistic, ethnic and cultural connections we have with our communities. But historically, the path to medical school has been unavailable, or hard to find, for young people from certain racial and ethnic groups.
How we will do it We established MOSAIC * , a suite of pathway programs to (1) encourage young people of color to go into careers in medicine and (2) help recruit people from groups under- represented in medicine who are currently in medical school or residency to NYC Health + Hospitals. Through the Visiting Scholars Program, we are placing more than 30 medical students from schools such as CUNY School of Medicine and Morehouse School of Medicine into elective clinical rotations across our system, with the goal of supporting their medical careers and recruiting them to work at NYC Health + Hospitals. We have partnered with Bronx-based non-profit Mentoring in Medicine to provide mentoring and medical pathway support to middle school, high school, and college students from groups under-represented in medicine in NYC. We are developing recruitment and retention programs that help attract a more diverse workforce, including establishing a network of NYC Health + Hospitals physicians who will serve as volunteer ambassadors How we will measure success We will measure our success by tracking the number of participants in each of our programs, and specifically what percent choose NYC Health + Hospitals for residency and/ or an attending-level job opportunity. We will evaluate the percentage of our physician workforce from groups under-represented in medicine, and specifically the percentage of Black and Latino providers, and how this improves over the next five years.
*MOSAIC stands for Medical opportunities for Students and Aspiring Inclusive Clinicians.
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