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Social Mission Alliance Newsletter

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Featured | Ally Spotlight | Articles

Featured

Medpage Today article, A Better Way to Measure and Rank Medical Schools

Op-ed written by SMA Director, Toyese Oyeyemi – A Better Way to Measure and Rank Medical Schools

At the beginning of March, SMA Director Toyese Oyeyemi had an op-ed published in MedPage Today. Read about the recent exodus of medical schools from the US News and World Report rankings and our case for switching to social mission ratings over the current ranking system.

Read the full article: A Better Way to Measure and Rank Medical Schools

2022 Annual Report Out Now!

The Social Mission Alliance 2022 Annual Report was recently published on our website. Learn about the decisions behind the name change and updates from our initiatives.

Apply to the Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity Program

Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity is searching for its 2024 cohort to join a lifelong community of health equity leaders. Through a mix of in-person convenings and a virtual curriculum, the fellowship provides mentorship and coaching to build health equity leadership skills with a focus on creating real change in fellows’ communities.

This non-residential fellowship is open to early to mid career professionals from anywhere in the world doing work related to health and is based at the George Washington University. For more information, contact afhe@atlanticfellows.org.

Past cohort of Atlantic fellows posing in front of cherry blossoms

Apply to AFHE

Apply by April 10, 2023

Your Responses

Last month, we called upon members of the Social Mission Alliance to answer the question: What can institutions do to honor Black excellence throughout the year?

The Social Mission Alliance 2022 Annual Report was recently published on our website. Learn about the decisions behind the name change and updates from our initiatives.

Ally Spotlight

University of New Mexico School of Medicine Learning Environment Office

“Our ultimate goal is to foster an inclusive learning environment where teachers, staff, and learners thrive, and relationships are mutually respectful and beneficial to each other and to institutional climate.”

We spoke with the Learning Environment Office’s Director, Diana Martínez about combatting learner mistreatment, with examples for how other schools can be engaged in this culture change.

March Ally spotlight with University of New Mexico school of medicine

Articles of Interest

New paper published in the Annals of Family Medicine, Revolutionizing Health Professions Admissions to Achieve an Inclusive Workforce, by Nguyen Mytien, Randl Dent, and members of the UC Davis Center for a Diverse Healthcare Workforce, discusses bold strategies to increase diversity in health professions.

“De-prioritizing GPA and standardized exam scores, while prioritizing other metrics is crucial for diversifying the workforce.”