• Katharina Hayes, John Szymusiak, and Andrew McCormick.
• Department of Pediatrics, Paul C. Gaffney Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
• J Hosp Med. 2024 Mar 25.

AbstractAs medical educators, we have a responsibility to ensure our trainees are exposed to curricula dedicated to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), as illustrated by the Association of American Medical Colleges' recently released DEI Competencies Across the Curriculum. We designed and implemented a curriculum, Social Justice Rounds (SJR), that incorporates teaching on these topics directly into inpatient clinical work. SJR are brief team-based discussions facilitated by Pediatric Hospital Medicine faculty that focus on racism in medicine and other forms of discrimination experienced by patients and the effect it has on their interaction with the healthcare system. Medical students rotating through the Pediatrics Clerkship completed optional pre- and postclerkship surveys, which revealed statistically significant increases in students' frequency and comfort with conversations regarding DEI topics, both with the medical team and with patients. We believe that SJR provides a framework by which educators across specialties and institutions can provide trainees with foundational DEI skills.© 2024 Society of Hospital Medicine.

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