Skip to main content.

Health Equity Medical Education Consults

This consult is for KU School of Medicine faculty to have access to content experts for their curricular questions.

This opportunity is for the School of Medicine faculty who interface with learners at all stages (post-baccalaureate and medical students, residents, fellows and other faculty) to seek guidance in making your teaching more equitable and inclusive. The goal of the consultation is to support inclusive teaching practices and promote reflection on how these indicators are represented in medical education: 

  • Race and Ethnicity
  • Sex and Gender
  • Sexuality, Sexual Behavior and Sexual Orientation
  • Disability
  • Mental Health and Substance Use
  • Weight
  • Immigration Status, Nationality, Language and Culture
  • Poverty and Socioeconomic Status
  • Age
  • Religion and Faith Tradition
  • Incarcerated Persons
  • Rural Residence
  • Interprofessional Communication

This initiative has been determined to qualify for designation as quality improvement through KUMC Institutional Review Board (IRB).

Print & Share Guide (PDF)

Request / Response / Review

Have a specific question about your content?

REQUEST CONSULT

By submitting a request, you are also agreeing to receive a feedback survey. We may also contact you for a face-to-face meeting.

The request is funneled to 2-3 consult team content experts for review.  The request will be reviewed for clarity and specificity. It may be returned to the faculty member for revision. The response is provided to faculty within 4 weeks.

This isn't a scoping review of the learning activity. The consultation you will receive will address specific needs/questions and provide an overview and general impression of the content. The consultation response will be framed in 3 parts: 

  1. Consider Changing
  2. Questions/Wonders
  3. Missed Opportunities

This review is not meant to be exhaustive or "final" but rather thought-provoking. We encourage you to continue to build, refine, and improve your content.  After reviewing the consultation response, if you have additional questions, please contact somfacultydev@kumc.edu.

Frequently Asked Questions

This opportunity is for the School of Medicine Faculty who interface with learners at all stages (post-baccalaureate and medical students, residents, fellows, and other faculty) to seek guidance in making your teaching more equitable and inclusive. The goal of the consultation is to support inclusive teaching practices and promote reflection on how these indicators are represented in medical education: 

 

  • Race and Ethnicity
  • Sex and Gender
  • Sexuality, Sexual Behavior, and Sexual Orientation
  • Disability
  • Mental Health and Substance Use
  • Weight
  • Immigration Status, Nationality, Language, and Culture
  • Poverty and Socioeconomic Status
  • Age
  • Religion and Faith Tradition
  • Incarcerated Persons
  • Rural Residence
  • Interprofessional Communication

Guidance on when to review:

  • Every Year
  • New Content is Added
  • Before the Start of the Course
  • After the Course using Student Feedback Surveys

Consider reviewing the Bias Checklist and if you have additional curricular questions submit a request.

The Health Equity Medical Education Consults Team is made up of the School of Medicine faculty.

On theHealth Equity Medical Education Consults Team, there are experts in:

  • Inclusive Teaching Practices
  • Race and Ethnicity
  • Sex and Gender
  • Sexuality, Sexual Behavior, and Sexual Orientation
  • Disability
  • Mental Health and Substance Use
  • Weight
  • Immigration Status, Nationality, Language and Culture
  • Poverty and Socioeconomic Status
  • Age
  • Religion and Faith Tradition
  • Incarcerated Persons
  • Rural Residence
  • Interprofessional Communication

The request is funneled to 2-3 consult team content experts for review. The request will be reviewed for clarity and specificity. It may be returned to the faculty member for revision. The response is provided to faculty within 4 weeks.

This isn't a scoping review of the learning activity. The consultation you will receive will address specific needs/questions and provide an overview and general impression of the content. The consultation response will be framed in 3 parts:

  1.  Consider changing
  2.  Questions/wonders
  3.  Missed opportunities 

This review is not meant to be exhaustive or "final" but rather thought-provoking. We encourage you to continue to build, refine, and improve your content. After reviewing the consultation response, if you have additional questions, please contact somfacultydev@kumc.edu.

Additional Resources
Articles
  • Caruso Brown, A.E., Hobart, T.R., Botash, A.S., Germain, L.J. (2019) Can a checklist ameliorate implicit bias in medical education? Medical Education. 53(5):510. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/medu.13840

Questions

For questions, please contact the School of Medicine Faculty Development Office.

KU School of Medicine

University of Kansas Medical Center
Faculty Affairs and Development (FAD)
School of Medicine
Mail Stop 1049
3901 Rainbow Blvd.
Kansas City, KS 66160-1049