Inclusive Excellence

The Inclusive Excellence Action Workstream is a community of shared learning and supported action focused on cultivating diverse leadership in healthcare and advancing a more equitable healthcare ecosystem for all.

There are many avenues and opportunities to directly advance inclusive excellence in the healthcare workforce. The first two strategic objectives of this effort are Supporting Early Career Professionals and Advancing Inclusive Societies through Governance Structures.

Promoting inclusive excellence throughout the career pathway from training into practice and leadership leads to improved patient outcomes.

Value:

Inclusive Excellence is an Action Workstream of the Equitable Professional Societies Network (EPSN), which has expanded the program’s reach and influence to increase underrepresented minorities in healthcare. The program is part of CMSS’ commitment to shared learning and collaboration among specialty societies, and to channel member contributions that advance healthcare for physicians and the patients they serve.

Audience:

The EPSN Inclusive Excellence Action Workstream is open to all professional society staff and leaders who are interested in advancing health equity.

Action Sprints:

Through a series of sprints, workstream participants will apply learning into coordinated actions to advance the following strategic objectives – both in their organization and across societies:

Supporting Early Career Professionals
Advancing Inclusive Societies through Governance Structures

Call for Participation

The EPSN Inclusive Excellence action workstream kicks off in January 2025 – sign up today to receive additional updates and join us. Individuals and teams from professional societies are invited to join us and commit to advancing one or more strategic objectives within their organization and across societies.

You may also share feedback on additional areas you would like support in addressing within your institutions.

Prior Efforts and Acknowledgement:

This program builds on prior efforts of specialty societies and program director associations participating in a capstone project as part of the ACGME Equity Matters™ program. Over 40 CMSS member societies and OPDA program director associations participated in the inaugural 18-month cohort of this learning community designed to drive measurable improvements in diversity, equity, and inclusion in medicine.

Contact:

Contact Ndifreke Ikpe, MHA, CMSS Civic Science Fellow for more information or to participate.