Background: Black, Indigenous, and Peoples of Color (BIPOC), other underrepresented minority (URM) individuals, and women have been historically underrepresented in scholarly writing and research. Junior faculty members may face similar experiential, psychological, and logistical barriers to scholarly participation. We sought interventions to improve hospitalists’ scholarly writing production, specifically those tailored for women, BIPOC, and other [...]

Background: Epidemiological data across the USA show health disparities in COVID-19 infection, hospitalization, and mortality by race/ethnicity. The state of New Mexico has the largest Hispanic and the third largest American Indian/Alaskan Natives (AI/AN) populations per capita in the United States. Complications from severe COVID-19 and mortality are largely unreported in diverse cohorts of hospitalized [...]

Background: As members of the patient experience committee, we aimed to identify areas of opportunity to improve the HCAHPS (Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems) scores. By analyzing the data through the utilization of our analytics tool provided by the patient and customer experience department, we noticed trends in the regional demographics in [...]

Background: Microaggressions (MA) are everyday verbal, nonverbal and environmental slights, snubs or insults whether intentional or unintentional, which communicate hostile messages to marginalized people. Microaggressions have been increasingly recognized as harmful to learners in clinical settings, creating a stressful work environment that unfairly erodes learners’ well-being and ability to succeed. Purpose: Our purpose was to [...]