May Newsletter with Raashmi Krishnasamy

Newsletter May 2023

  *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* View this email in your browser Celebrating our Community   Dear Friend and Fellow Social Mission Ally,  My name is Raashmi Krishnasamy and I’m a first generation South Indian American. I’ve been invited to be the Guest Editor for the May Social Mission Alliance Newsletter. This month, I’d like to focus on the theme of community. Community –…

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April Newsletter With Guest Editor Ed Salsberg

Newsletter April 2023

This month, we invited our Diversity Initiative’s lead researcher, Edward Salsberg to be our guest editor. Please enjoy this month’s content focused on diversity in the health workforce….

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March 2023 Newsletter

March 2023 Newsletter

Social Mission Alliance March Newsletter. Featuring an op-ed written by our Director, Toyese Oyeyemi. Learn about our monthly ally spotlight, and see recommended articles….

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February 2023 Newsletter

February 2023 Newsltter

Social Mission Alliance recognizes the significance of Black History Month, and we want to start a discussion on how to continue the celebration throughout the year….

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January 2023 Newsletter

January 2023 Newsletter

On January 19th, we hosted the very first State of Social Mission Alliance Webinar. We heard from multiple members of the SMA team on current, past, and future endeavors for advancing social mission in health professions education….

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December 2022 Newsletter

December 2022 Newsletter

The US Surgeon General’s Office has put out an advisory report highlighting the need to address the health worker burnout crisis. Others would describe this burnout as moral injury, resulting from the ideals and values of front line workers confronting the callous indifference of the healthcare system….

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Fall 2022 Newsletter

Fall 2022 Newsletter

Beyond Flexner Alliance Fall 2022 Newsletter. The Flexner Report of 1910 transformed the landscape of medical education in America through changing the standards of medical schools. Its legacy of admissions, education, and research standards profoundly changed the medical profession: most notably, the findings led to the closure of most colleges that prioritized training learners who identified as Black, female, and in rural settings….

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August 2022 Newsletter

August 2022 Newsletter

TwitterSpace Event on Wednesday, August 10th! There is no doubt that the Supreme Court’s verdict overturning Roe v. Wade has had a major detrimental impact on women’s health and healthcare more broadly. Join us Wednesday evening (tomorrow) from 8-9pm EST to discuss the impact this ruling has on abortion access, health professional education, and reproductive health providers across the nation. Moderated…

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Summer 2022 Newsletter

Summer 2022 Newsletter

These are trying times for many of us in the health professions committed to social mission. The Supreme Court’s verdict gutting Roe v. Wade has been a massive blow to the rights of women and pregnant people to access safe abortion care. With abortion care no longer a guaranteed right, women and pregnant people lose a crucial safety net on which they can fall back on in unforeseen circumstances. In a country where the maternal mortality rate reaches unimaginably high levels, outlawing abortion ignores the larger picture relating to healthcare access….

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Spring 2022 Newsletter: Conference Highlights

Spring Newsletter 2022

After two years of living in a virtual community, we are pleased to have been able to convene in person during the 2022 Beyond Flexner Conference, co-hosted by AT Still University and Arizona State University Edson College of Nursing, in Phoenix, Arizona. We are grateful for all of our sponsors and attendees — both in person and virtual. We could not have made the conference a success without this vibrant community of passionate leaders!…

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