The MSTP JEDI initiative encourages dialogue and fosters an environment seeking justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion. MSTP JEDI was co-developed by students and MSTP leadership to create a culture and climate that supports students from all backgrounds and all perspectives. Our goal is to identify drivers of inequity in the ways that individuals experience their education and training. We seek to partner to break down barriers that limit the ability of each trainee to thrive. Events take place each month and involve a series of interactive sessions:
- JEDI Chats for Change - modeled on the original version of Chats for Change, part of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai’s Racism and Bias Initiative – to engage in thoughtful dialogue on issues of race and bias in health care. Topics have included scientific racism, This is all of our work, and how racism impacts biomedicine.
- JEDI Fireside chats - interactive sessions based on subjects selected by students in which students from different phases of the program can speak about topics related to various aspects of their identity. Topics have included: intersectionality, anti-Asian racism, and being a BIPOC student in the MSTP
- JEDI journal club - student led program-wide journal club to discuss a topic in how issues of race and bias impact individuals in training and practice as physician scientists.
- 21-day equity challenge - it is said that it takes about three weeks to form a new habit, so Dr. Eddie Moore developed the 21-Day Racial Equity Challenge to help us cultivate self-awareness and intentionality to effect social change. At ISMMS MSTP, we spend 21 days in January learning, reflecting, and challenging ourselves. Learn privately or share your insights on social media (we’ll be tweeting daily from @SinaiMSTP using #ISMMSMSTP21DayEquity. Feel free to follow, retweet, or use your own. Here’s a template.
