UWNURF Diversity Lecture Series: Dr. Sylk Sotto- 01/11 @ 6:30pm

Date/Time:  Monday, January 11, 2021 6:30-7:30 PM PST

Zoom:  https://washington.zoom.us/j/3117825083

Diversity Lecture Series: “I Didn’t Know What to Say”

A workshop on how to respond to racism, discrimination, and microaggressions using the OWTFD approach.

Speaker Info: Sylk M. Sotto, MBA, MPS, EdD

Dr. Sotto serves as the Vice Chair for Faculty Affairs, Development, and Diversity in the Department of Medicine. Her scholarship and research centers on (in)equity in academic medicine. She co-chairs IUSM’s Diversity Council and serves in numerous institutional committees.  As a long-time leader in higher education and academic medicine, her involvement at the national level includes the Board of Directors and Diversity& Inclusion liaison for the Alliance of Academic Internal Medicine (AAIM)

Dr. Sotto teaches several courses, including Foundations of Clinical Practice in the Spanish immersion program, research ethics, and culturally relevant practices in medicine. In addition, her interests include faculty affairs and professional development; equity, inclusion and diversity; STEM/medical education; and leadership.

Her dissertation focused on the experiences of minoritized/underrepresented faculty in academic medicine, including their socialization, mentoring, and professional development.

Dr. Sotto was born and raised in Puerto Rico.

Resources:

“What Can I Do?”  Faculty Actions that Advance Racial Equity in Academic Medicine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IU56YOLyZXI

Publications:

• “I Didn’t Know What to Say”:  Responding to Racism, Discrimination, and Microaggressions with the OWTFD Approach. Sylk Sotto-Santiago, EdD, MBA, MPS,^1,∗ Jacqueline Mac, MA,² Francesca Duncan, MD,³ and Joseph Smith, MD^4.  Published online 2020 Jul 31. doi: 10.15766/mep_2374-8265.10971 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7394349/
• What is anti-racist medical education?  Sylk Sotto, EDD, MPS, MBA, Education, September 12, 2020
• Sotto-Santiago S. Time to Reconsider the Word Minority in Academic Medicine. J Best Pract Health Prof Divers. Spring 2019.12(1), 72–78.
• Sotto-Santiago S, Slaven J, Rohr-Kirchgraber T. (Dis)Incentivizing Patient Satisfaction Metrics: The Unintended Consequences of Institutional Bias. Health Equity. 2019 Feb 4;3(1):13-18. doi: 10.1089/heq.2018.0065. 2019.
• Tori, A. J., ^Sotto-Santiago, S., Sharp, S., & Mac, J. Defining Student Success in Academic Medicine. Journal of Medical Education, 2019. 17(3). ^C.A.
• Sotto-Santiago S, Saelua N, Tuitt F. “All Faculty Matter”: The Continued Search for Culturally Relevant Practices in Faculty Development. Journal of Faculty Develo

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