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WAYS TO BE INVOLVED INTERNAL MEDICINE

AHEAD PROGRAM

ADVANCING HEALTH EQUITY ADVOCACY AND DIVERSITY

The goal of this initiative is to educate our residents on topics surrounding the DEI space as well
as provide them avenues to becomes advocates in our community. We cover DEI topics such as
microaggressions (this curriculum was developed by a med/peds graduate in 2020) which is
now part of our DEI curriculum taught during protected educational times on Medicine.

RISE PROGRAM

RESIDENTS IN SOLIDARITY WITH

EMERGING LEADERS

NEAR-PEER MENTORSHIP
PROGRAM

A near-peer mentorship program pairing
MS3 and residents from different
specialties including med/peds residents.
This provides MS3s with the resources and
mentorship needed to succeed in their 3rd year clerkships. Check out
this article featuring our program. The emblem below was designed by our recent
med/peds graduate, Dr. Cathy Cichon.