Welcome to the AAMC Group on Diversity and Inclusion (GDI)

Professional Development Conference

March 10-12, 2022, Washington, DC

Call for Proposals

Submission Deadline: December 17, 2021, 11:59 pm PST

Instructional Guide

The AAMC GDI Call for Proposals is now open! The GDI Program Planning Committee invite proposals for breakout sessions and posters for the Group on Diversity and Inclusion Professional Development Conference scheduled for March 10-12, 2022 at The Mayflower Hotel, Washington, DC.

All proposals must be submitted online by December 17, 2021, 11:59 pm PST. Late submissions will not be accepted. Acceptance notifications will be sent in January 2022.

Conference Content

As experts in the field, your knowledge and perspectives drive the topics and sessions featured at the conference. The GDI Program Planning Committee has designed specific opportunities to highlight your work and respectfully requests that you only submit for one format. Submit your best proposal in one of two ways:

1. Breakout Session

2. Poster 

The conference program will feature a mixture of presentations that address the needs and challenges of seasoned, mid-career, and new faculty, administrators, staff, and stakeholders. We highly encourage interactive and innovative submissions that incorporate collaborations. Preference will be given to submissions that incorporate speakers and content from both public and private institutions, medical schools, teaching hospitals, or healthcare systems, large and small institutions, and recognizes varying levels of resources.

We are also interested in research proposals that present new research findings or research in progress dealing with typical and/or atypical aspects of diversity, equity or inclusion. Presentations should be based on original research and provide new data/information pertaining to either scientific bases of a certain discipline (i.e., medical education) or field of study or practice (social science, basic science or clinical practice). Data/information regarding new interpretations of existing data may also be included in this category.

Breakout Sessions

Support the learning by tailoring your submission to the unique needs of diversity and inclusion professionals. Here are some important recommendations:

1. The preferred types of sessions are hands-on sessions, small group discussions, and interactive panel presentations over lectures.
2. The preferred participant activities are problem-solving exercises and discussing case studies in more depth during sessions.
3. Presentation should spark discussions and deliver strategies, best practices, and solutions.
4. Provide handouts, tools, resources, presentations, or website links for the participants.

Explore videos and guides and examine tips and tools for planning, designing, developing, and delivering a terrific conference session. Submitters are strongly encouraged to use the instructional guide before logging in to submit a proposal.

Posters

The GDI Program Planning Committee invites proposals for posters to be highlighted during a dedicated part of the program. The goal of the posters is to showcase a range of ongoing sustainability projects and research via visual presentation of a topic allowing attendees to learn on their own while the presenter discusses particular points in one-on-one or small group conversations. The GDI Program Planning Committee will select up to 30 posters to feature at the conference. A guideline for poster presentations can be found here.

Suggested Topics Based on GDI Strategic Priorities

The GDI Program Planning Committee has identified topics of interest although this list is not exhaustive. The planning committee accepts proposals related to these topics in addition to other submissions of interest to diversity and inclusion professionals. Submitters should review the suggested topics based on GDI strategic priorities.

Institutional culture and climate

• Implement and outcomes for accreditation requirement for LCME and GME
• Systemic and institutional racism, antiracism
• Intersectionality: race, ethnicity, gender and gender identity, pronouns (and why they matter), language, sexual orientation, disability, age, religion, education
• Priorities including diversity and inclusion strategic planning, metrics, evaluations, and assessments
• Collaborations across stakeholder and AAMC affinity group participants (i.e., CFAS, GBA, GFA, GIA, GIP, GIR, GRA, GSA, ORR, OSR, GWIMS)
• Research and scholarship focusing on diversity and inclusion (i.e., health equity, diversity in GME)

Graduate learners

• GME diversity and inclusion requirements for underrepresented groups throughout the medical education continuum
• Diversity and inclusion curriculum including LGBT, disability, challenges, success factors and pitfalls, and models
• Holistic review practices and policies

Faculty (senior administrators, staff, and stakeholders)

• Self-care and well-being best practices in racial trauma, resilience, wellness, isolation, or burnout for underrepresented minority faculty, senior administrators, staff, and stakeholders
• Alliances, partnerships, and collaborations within institutions
• Innovative efforts for recruitment, retention, and advancement of underrepresented faculty, senior administrators, staff, and stakeholders
• Role of diversity and inclusion officers at resource-rich vs. resource-limited institutions
  • Health systems vs medical schools
  • Leadership buy-in
  • Human capital to full time equivalent (FTE) ratio
  • Operational vs programmatic budget
  • Demonstrating the value of diversity and inclusion
• Competencies and skills for diversity and inclusions officers
  • Advocacy and negotiation
  • Strategic planning
  • Institutional knowledge/political savvy
  • Influence
  • Change Management and innovation efforts
  • Crisis leadership and communications
  • Inclusive leadership
• Addressing and overcoming challenges and barriers
  • Lack of resources and staff
  • Too much work and too little time
  • Lack of support, direction/strategy, and coordination from institution and/or leadership
  • Validation of the emotional burden that come with this work

Community engagement

• Case studies on how to successfully establish community engagement programs and impacts, and measure outcomes
• Successful institutional partnerships or lessons learned (i.e., neighboring hospitals, across health professional schools, health systems, academic medical centers)
• Engaging with individuals who benefit from an unfair system
• Philanthropy and fundraising programs to advance diversity, equity, inclusion, and community engagement

Other

• Submissions are intended to be inclusive of but not limited to the suggested topics above. Proposals in an “Other” category will be considered.

Submission

You are encouraged to compose the submission in Word before completing the online submission form. All fields will be required to complete a submission.

All proposals must be submitted online by December 17, 2021, 11:59 pm PST. Late submissions will not be accepted. Acceptance notifications will be sent in January 2022.

Important Note: The GDI Program Planning Committee reserves the right to consolidate submissions and/or recommend any additional speakers or content related changes that will enhance the presentation’s relevance to the audience.