Our Commitment to Diversity
We are committed to building an environment for our students to feel a sense of belonging, feel valued, and respected.
Diversity initiatives
Some ongoing diversity initiatives that we have within the Emergency Medicine department include:
- Increasing our pipeline programming of URM students
- Mentorship with OUWB SNMA, LMSA, and Queers & Allies groups
- DEI Newsletter & journal club
Commitment to D+E+I
- Re-examining our screening and interview criteria
- Scheduling accommodations for Ramadan, Sabbath etc.
- Prayer accommodations
- Creation of Diversity and Inclusion Committee
- Inclusion of diversity/inclusion and social medicine topics within longitudinal curriculum
- 2022 Community Needs Assessment BRIEF report
- 2023-2025 Strategic Plan
Health equity curriculum
Healthcare disparities, as defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is the “preventable differences in the burden of disease, injury, violence, or opportunities to achieve optimal health that are experienced by socially disadvantaged populations.”
Our curriculum includes lectures and SIM sessions centered around our care for marginalized communities. In recent years, these have included focus on:
- Racial & ethnic minority groups
- LGBTQ population
- Limited English Proficiency (LEP) population
- Incarcerated population
- Homeless population
DEI scholarship
At the Corewell Health William Beaumont University Hospital, we are thrilled to announce the availability of scholarship funding specifically earmarked for research and innovation in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) within the field of emergency medicine. Recognizing the critical importance of fostering a healthcare landscape that is inclusive and equitable for all, we are committed to supporting innovative research or community initiatives that address disparities and promote diversity within our specialty.
Street medicine volunteering
Street Medicine Oakland is a collaboration between the Royal Oak Emergency Department and OUWB School of Medicine that aims to bring medical care to underserved and homeless population in Oakland County. Since 2019, attending emergency physicians from both Royal Oak and Troy have been volunteering and supervising medical students on a weekly basis both in the HOPE Shelter in Pontiac or directly on the streets of Pontiac and Royal Oak. By serving in this capacity, we have been able to bridge the healthcare gap and help under-resourced patients navigate the healthcare system and become connected with other community partners to continue care.
Beginning in January of 2021, in conjunction with our healthcare disparities longitudinal curriculum we began to include resident physician volunteers with the HOPE shelter outreach twice monthly. During this volunteer activity resident physicians are able to see patients and supervise medical students that are staying at the HOPE shelter in a clinic-based format. Emergency medicine residents can serve patients and the community while supervising medical students and providing care outside the confines of the hospital.
In addition to caring for patients staying at the HOPE Shelter, we also provide outreach directly to the homeless population living on the streets of Pontiac twice monthly. By bringing food, toiletries, clothes, medical diagnostic tools, and medications directly to the streets where the homeless are living we can remove several barriers to care for our most vulnerable population. Resident physicians and attending physicians are able to serve alongside medical students, counsel patients, and provide care that they would otherwise be unable to access easily.
2023 year in review
For those residents that desire more in-depth exposure we have created a one-month elective that provides increased opportunities to serve with our community partners and with the homeless population of Oakland County. Residents have been able to develop additional resources for the patients in our emergency department as well as take part scholarly activity projects related to healthcare disparities.
CPR initiative
Research has shown that bystander CPR is performed by minority populations at a significantly lower rate than white populations.
2023 year in review
The Royal Oak emergency medicine residency, in conjunction with our community engagement and DEI initiatives, created the Metro Detroit CPR training program with the goal to increase education and decrease barriers to CPR training. Our residents and attendings are committed to teaching basic CPR training for adults and children with novel techniques that can be easily replicated in the community. We currently have training classes with minority populations in Dearborn, Pontiac, and Detroit. We hope to improve patient care and continue to foster relationships with our local communities.
Community outreach
Fem-in-ism
Our emergency medicine department boasts a large number of female faculty who are leaders in their respective fields, ranging from administration to research to medical education. We also have a large number of female residents, making up almost half of our residency. Our FemInEm group is active with some recent programming, including our ‘Girls Night In: Galantines Edition’ and karaoke night.
Our commitment
- Addressing the cultural and religious needs
- Chaldean Community (Troy), Orthodox Judaism
- Dietary accommodations
- Multi-language discharge instructions
- Black Lives Matter messaging and moment of silence
- Diversity and Inclusion Focus Group
- Resources for mental health patients: HAVEN
- Resources for substance abuse: ETOH - HOPE program
- Opiate Use Disorder STAR program
- Street Medicine Pontiac - HOPE clinic
- Victims of Persecution Asylum Initiative/ Freedom House Detroit
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Emergency medicine
3601 W. 13 Mile Rd
Royal Oak, MI 48073
248.898.2001
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