Mohile Nimish A, Spector Andrew R, Ebong Ima M, Flippen Charles, Gutierrez Camilo, Leacock Rodney O, Marulanda-Londoño Erika, Mejia Nicte I, Thomas Reena, Hamilton Roy H
From the Department of Neurology (N.A.M.), University of Rochester Medical Center, NY; Department of Neurology (A.R.S.), Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC; Department of Neurology (I.M.E.), University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington; Department of Neurology (C.F.), David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA; Department of Neurology (C.G.), University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore; Palmetto Health USC Neurosurgery/Neurocritical Care (R.O.L.), Columbia, SC; Department of Neurology (E.M.-L.), University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, FL; Department of Neurology (N.I.M.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston; Department of Neurology (R.T.), Stanford University School of Medicine, CA; and Department of Neurology (R.H.H.), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
Neurology. 2021 Feb 22;96(8):386-394. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000011460.
Academic neurology departments must confront the challenges of developing a diverse workforce, reducing inequity and discrimination within academia, and providing neurologic care for an increasingly diverse society. A neurology diversity officer should have a specific role and associated title within a neurology department as well as a mandate to focus their efforts on issues of equity, diversity, and inclusion that affect staff, trainees, and faculty. This role is expansive and works across departmental missions, but it has many challenges related to structural intolerance and cultural gaps. In this review, we describe the many challenges that diversity officers face and how they might confront them. We delineate the role and duties of the neurology diversity officer and provide a guide to departmental leaders on how to assess qualifications and evaluate progress. Finally, we describe the elements necessary for success. A neurology diversity officer should have the financial, administrative, and emotional support of leadership in order for them to carry out their mission and to truly have a positive influence.
学术神经科部门必须应对培养多元化员工队伍、减少学术界内的不公平和歧视以及为日益多元化的社会提供神经科护理等挑战。神经科多元化专员在神经科部门内应拥有特定的角色和相关头衔，并被赋予将工作重点放在影响员工、受训人员和教员的公平、多元化和包容性问题上的任务。这一角色范围广泛，贯穿部门使命，但也面临许多与结构性不容忍和文化差距相关的挑战。在本综述中，我们描述了多元化专员面临的诸多挑战以及他们应对这些挑战的方式。我们阐述了神经科多元化专员的角色和职责，并为部门领导提供一份关于如何评估资质和评价进展的指南。最后，我们描述了成功所需的要素。神经科多元化专员应获得领导层在财务、行政和情感方面的支持，以便他们能够履行使命并真正产生积极影响。
