1. Diversity Initiatives February 2017
DOM OFAD
Diversity Initiatives
February 2017

2. Contents Definition of Under Represented Minorities Where we are now?
Where we are going?
How we are going there?
Questions and ideas from the audience.

3. Definition of URM NIH Definition DOM Definition
The following racial and ethnic groups have been shown to be underrepresented in biomedical research: American Indians or Alaska Natives, Blacks or African Americans, Hispanics or Latinos, Native Hawaiians or Other Pacific Islanders.
The DOM defines under-represented minorities in the health sciences as: Native Americans or Alaska Natives, African Americans/Blacks, Hispanics/Latinos, Native Hawaiians or Pacific Islanders, and Asian sub-categories of Hmong, Karen, and Vietnamese.

4. Descriptive Data American Indian/AN Asian Black/AA Hispanic/Latino
Native Hawaiian/PI
White
Not Specified
Total
MN Pop
58,603
1.1%
264,609
4.8%
317,130
5.8%
284,214
5.2%
2,433 0%
4.45M
81.0%
116,070
2.1%
5.49M
16.9%
UMN Medical Students 1
0.6%
1 (Hmong) 19
11.2% 8
4.7% -
137 (incl Asian)
80.6%
4 (multi-racial)
2.4%
170
19%
UMN Residents and Fellows 7
0.7%
113
11.6% 25
2.6% 22
2.3% 2
0.2%
501
51.4%
304
31.2%
974
17.4%
UMN Med School Paid Faculty
179
16.2% 17
1.5%
2.0%
855
77.3% 23
1106
20.6%
DOM Paid Faculty
0.4% 51
20.8% 3
1.2% 10
4.1%
73.1%
245
26.9%
*dates vary by data source

6. Hiring Summaries 4/15 - 4/16 Medicine Non-URM URM total Applicant pool
Non-URM
URM
total
Applicant pool 59 14 73
Interviewed 41 7 48
Hired 18 4 22
Hired/applied
31%
29%
 30%

7. Hiring Summaries 4/15 - 4/16 Peds Non-URM URM total Applicant pool 82
Non-URM
URM
total
Applicant pool 82 16 98
Interviewed 60
Hired 13
Hired/applied
16% 0%
 13%
FMCH
Non-URM
URM
total
Applicant pool 57 10 67
Interviewed 20 4 24
Hired 6 1 7
Hired/applied
11%
10%
 10%
Surgery
Non-URM
URM
total
Applicant pool 51 5 56
Interviewed 29 4 33
Hired 6 2 8
Hired/applied
12%
40%
14% 
Medical School
Non-URM
URM
total
Applicant pool
704 59
763
Interviewed
394 30
424
Hired 90 11
101
Hired/applied
13%
19%
 13%

8. DOM Open Searches February 2017
Division
Open Searches
Cardiology 4
DEM 2
Gen Med 3 GI 1
HOT 10
IDIM 8
PACCS 5
Renal
Research
Rheum
Total 41

10. DOM Departures:
17/66 Non-white = 26%
19/179 White = 11%
= 17

11. Where we are going?
Should our faculty/healthcare providers be a reflection of the communities they serve?
Provider/patient linguistic concordance
Effects on visit and medication compliance.

12. How we are going there? Diverse Faculty Research Award (DRAW)
5 applicants
Jose Debes earned a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation award under the Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program
Reception for under-represented faculty: Feb 28, 2017

13. Other ideas Mentoring Salary equity Expanded unconscious bias training
Advertising in National Medical Association Journal
Retaining fellows/residents
Recruiting from minority colleges

14. Thanks
Questions and Ideas