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ABOUT THE CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH DISPARITIES (COE) The Center of Excellence in Minority Health and Health Disparities (COE), under the direction of the Minority Faculty Development Program, within the Office for Diversity and Community Partnership, Harvard Medical School seeks to enhance the academic performance of underrepresented minority (URM) students, to strengthen efforts to support the cultural competency preparedness of faculty, residents, and students, and to expand current models for URM faculty development and student/faculty research focusing on issues of minority health and health disparities. The COE's six programmatic areas of focus are:
STUDENT PERFORMANCE Provide learning skills counseling and United States Medical Licensing Exam preparation Strengthen efforts to link URM students with faculty advisors and underrepresented minority residents Work in conjunction with HMS residency training directors to review effective strategies to enhance URM residency recruitment Provide forums for representatives of the various HMS-affiliated hospitals and their training programs to meet with URM students FACULTY DEVELOPMENT Enhance communication to URM faculty by providing:
Provide learning counseling to assist URM residents, fellows and junior faculty in passing the Step III and Board exams Offer a career development series that targets URM residents, fellows and junior faculty Offer a Faculty Fellowship program that provides training and support for URM junior faculty with an emphasis on minority health and/or health disparities. (Also listed under Faculty and Student Research) Research in Minority Health Seminar Series provides instruction and support for junior faculty conducting minority health research. INFORMATION RESOURCES AND CULTURAL COMPETENCE Develop and implement a pilot formal training program in cross-cultural competency for HMS students and residents Conduct cross-cultural competency workshops held for residency training program directors and core clinical clerkship directors FACULTY AND STUDENT RESEARCH Database, directory and bibliography of all HMS-affiliated investigators with an interest in basic or clinical research in minority health, health disparities or minority workforce issues Faculty Fellowship program provides training and support for URM junior faculty with an emphasis on minority health and/or health disparities (Also listed under Faculty Development) STUDENT TRAINING IN PROVIDING HEALTH CARE SERVICES Directory of community-based health care facilities and community health-related organizations to enhance students' knowledge of community based minority health facilities and opportunities PIPELINE PROGRAMS Host Boston Public Schools middle school students for a day of presentations, panel discussions about educational paths, and partnering of individual students with researchers The Center of Excellence is funded by the Health Resources Service Administration (HRSA), Bureau of Health Professions (BHPr), Division of Health Careers Diversity & Development (DHCDD). |
Office for Diversity and Community Partnership Minority Faculty Development Program
The Center of Excellence is generously supported by funding from the Health Resources Service Administration (HRSA), Bureau of Health Professions (BHPr), Division of Health Careers Diversity & Development (DHCDD). Health Resources Service Administration (HRSA) |
