A Practical Guide to Identifying a Supportive Work Environment for Underrepresented Faculty in Academic Medicine.

Much has been added to the literature to better characterize and define the experiences of faculty who are underrepresented in medicine and other health professions. Additions include approaches for faculty development and suggestions for institutions on how to create equitable environments that promote the success and advancement of this group. Despite all these additions to the literature, health professions educators still lack practical approaches to determine supportive academic health center environments that are receptive to their needs and resourced to promote their career success.

Family Medicine Team Perspectives on Screening for Health-Related Social Needs.

Introduction: Social drivers of health (SDH) strongly influence health outcomes and disparities. Although systemic level change is vital to address the disparities driven by SDH, it is also crucial that health care organizations develop the ability to care for patients in a manner that accounts for social factors and their influence on patient health. Although primary care is a natural fit for health-related social needs (HRSN) screening and intervention, significant barriers can impede primary care's effectiveness in this area.

Underrepresented in medicine (URiM) faculty development: Trends in biomedical database publication.

Background: Biomedical databases create an educational platform that allows institutions to share innovations and research discoveries. Identifying literature in biomedical databases that inform the faculty development experiences of faculty underrepresented in medicine (URiM) can help institutions identify resources to promote career advancement for this group. The authors sought to determine biomedical database trends in publications related to faculty development experiences of URiM faculty over the last twenty years.

Overcoming Mission Competition in Departments of Family Medicine.

Departments of family medicine are centered around the tripartite mission of education, research, and clinical care. Historically, these three missions have been balanced and interdependent; however, changes in the funding and structures of health systems have resulted in shrinking education and research missions and an increased emphasis on clinical care. In the wake of waning state and federal contributions to primary care research, many departments of family medicine have adopted a private practice approach.