Norman Marie K, Radomski Thomas R, Proulx Chelsea N, Rubio Doris M, Alston Tasha L, Mayowski Colleen A
Institute for Clinical Research Education, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
J Clin Transl Sci. 2023 Jul 24;7(1):e172. doi: 10.1017/cts.2023.599. eCollection 2023.
Attacks on minoritized communities and increasing awareness of the societal causes of health disparities have combined to highlight deep systemic inequities. In response, academic health centers have prioritized justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion (JEDI) in their strategic goals. To have a sustained impact, JEDI efforts cannot be siloed; rather, they must be woven into the fabric of our work and systematically assessed to promote meaningful outcomes and accountability. To this end, the University of Pittsburgh's Institute for Clinical Research Education assembled a task force to create and apply a rubric to identify short and long-term JEDI goals, assess the current state of JEDI at our Institute, and make recommendations for immediate action. To ensure deep buy-in, we gathered input from diverse members of our academic community, who served on targeted subcommittees. We then applied a three-step process to ensure rapid forward progress. We emerged with concrete actions for priority focus and a plan for ongoing assessment of JEDI institutionalization. We believe our process and rubric offer a scalable and adaptable model for other institutions and departments to follow as we work together across academic medical institutions to put our justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion goals into meaningful action.
对少数族裔社区的攻击以及对健康差距社会成因认识的不断提高，共同凸显了深层次的系统性不平等。作为回应，学术医疗中心已将公正、公平、多样性和包容性（JEDI）作为其战略目标的优先事项。为了产生持续影响，JEDI的努力不能孤立进行；相反，它们必须融入我们的工作结构，并进行系统评估，以促进有意义的成果和问责制。为此，匹兹堡大学临床研究教育学院组建了一个特别工作组，以创建并应用一个评分标准，来确定JEDI的短期和长期目标，评估我们学院JEDI的现状，并提出立即采取行动的建议。为确保广泛认可，我们收集了来自学术社区不同成员的意见，他们在有针对性的小组委员会中任职。然后，我们应用了一个三步流程，以确保迅速取得进展。我们得出了优先关注的具体行动以及JEDI制度化的持续评估计划。我们相信，在我们跨学术医疗机构共同努力将公正、公平、多样性和包容性目标转化为有意义的行动时，我们的流程和评分标准为其他机构和部门提供了一个可扩展且适应性强的模式以供遵循。
