UCONJ 647: Antiracism in Action for Health Professionals – Winter 2022

Provides health sciences students opportunity to reflect and build skills necessary to become an anti-racist health care professional. Examines racism at the individual, institutional and societal level, and provides opportunities for a diverse group of health professions to share ideas and perspectives about collective action. Fully remote; 1cr. Credit/No credit. Thursdays 5:30 – 7:20PM. Lead Faculty: Jasmine Mangrum (pharmacy), Charlotte Sanders (social work), Tracy Brazg (social work), Tamara Cyhan Cunitz (nursing), Benjamin Danielson (medicine), Ashland Doomes (dentistry)

For questions/add codes, contact Rachel Lazzar:  rlazzar@uw.edu.

Issue No. 99                                                                      December 21, 2021

Highlighted News and Announcements

CLIME Grand Round Session: 
Bias in Assessment – when to accept bias, minimize bias (and how), or throw the assessment out?
January 21, 2022, 1:00-2:00pm
Even the best designed assessment cannot escape bias. What we don’t know is when does a difference between subgroups indicate bias and can that bias be minimized? Furthermore, how much bias must be mitigated before we stop using scores from the assessment in decision-making? In medical education there are many high stakes decisions based on assessment performance so it is important to ensure assessments measure each trainee’s true ability.

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Beyond the Book – An Anti-Racist Book Circle. How To Be an Anti-Racist by Ibram X. Kendi. Free to attend, 4 CEU’s offered. Space is limited. 5 sessions from 6-7pm on January 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th, and 31st. https://www.wsscsw.org/event-4465996

We’re seeking student volunteers to work in non-clinical roles (scribes, greeters, registration, etc.) at COVID-19 vaccination clinics in Federal Way from December 20 to January 3. Shifts occur from 1:30-5:30pm and 5-9pm, including a 30-minute training at the start of each shift.

These clinics are in collaboration with Public Health – Seattle & King County, the Washington State Department of Health and the Federal Emergency Management Agency and aim to target families, children and adults that live in South King County – the area of the county with the highest COVID-19 disease burden.

Please sign up for events here and complete the confidentiality agreement in your confirmation email or complete this survey to receive information about upcoming events.

Registration is open for GH/HSERV 544 “Maternal and Child Health in Low and Middle Income Countries” in Winter Quarter 2022. 

Apply for a Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship – deadline, January 31, 2021. Start your application now – click here!

Not sure where to start, what to do? Join one of two online information sessions

• Friday, January 14^th, 9-10 a.m.

Are you interested in learning French or an Indigenous language spoken in Canada and conducting research on the Arctic, Québec, natural resource management, climate change, human rights, urban planning, fisheries, law, humanities, public health, Indigenous political mobilization (to mention a few) while earning up to $38,000???

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UWSOM Asylum Evaluation Student Clinic: we are a student-run clinic that helps facilitate medical evaluations for people seeking legal asylum in the United States.  In the process of applying for asylum, clients will often be asked to provide substantial evidence of the reasons they cannot return to their countries of origin. Physician evaluators help applicants by performing forensic exams that can later be used in court to support their asylum application.

The Continuation of Care Coordinator will work with two additional coordinators to manage referrals for clients and conduct brief needs assessments with the clients during the clinic. We typically have 1-2 clinic dates a month. This is an extremely rewarding role wherein you can assist underserved populations directly and assist them in their navigation of critical resources.  See below for more information on the role:

Description of the Continuity of Care Role:

Continuation of Care Coordinator x 3 (5 hrs/week) 

• Manage resources for primary care referrals, social work needs etc that arise during visit
• Perform post-evaluation resource needs interview with the clients
  • Fill out appropriate referral and release of information paperwork
  • Help clients collect desired physical resources in clinic
• Engage with local asylum coordinator and other respective partners
• Maintain donation resources of in-kind goods as needed
• Maintain accurate inventory of in-clinic resources and work with senior co-directors to request items as needed

If this interests you and you are able to commit to the 5 hours/week time commitment, please submit an application to: https://forms.gle/6bVt6THXLsVAfe7S6

Student Assistant position opportunity available either as an hourly or work study position in the Department of Global Health’s Academic Programs & Student Services office:

• Hourly: https://uw.joinhandshake.com/jobs/5698585
• Work Study: https://apps.osfa.washington.edu/workstudy/pages/jobs.php (Job Number: GHEA02)

Position is open until filled.

Issue No. 96                                                                       November 30, 2021

Highlighted News and Announcements
eRA Commons Reminder: Password Moving to Passphrase
Effective November 17, 2021, users of eRA Commons (including Commons Mobile, ASSIST, and IAR) who change their passwords will be required to use a passphrase — a set of random words or a sentence at least 15 characters long — instead of a password. With this move, users will need to change their passphrase only once a year (as opposed to the current NIH policy that requires passwords to be changed every 120 days).

eRA Commons ID required for Key Personnel starting January 25, 2022
For due dates on or after January 25, 2022, NIH, AHRQ, FDA, AND VA will require all individuals listed on the R&R Senior/Key Person Profile Form to have an eRA Commons username.

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