Champion Excellence in Education and Diversity/Inclusion

Champion Excellence in Education and Diversity and Inclusion

Excellence in education is embedded in our mission. The College and each school is dedicated to ensuring a culture of innovation and continuous quality improvement throughout our academic programs, including opportunities for research, scholarship and clinical practice, with dedicated and empowered faculty.

The College will continue to strengthen student support, including academic services and scholarships, available to students in all schools. NYMC has an honorable history of diversity and inclusion. We commit ourselves to building productively on this foundation. This includes addressing health care and other disparities in our educational programs where appropriate. To achieve this goal, we will enhance access; encourage innovation; create best-in-class research opportunities; promote interdisciplinary collaboration; provide exceptional clinical experiences; promote faculty achievement; and provide an inclusive environment that fosters diversity—in order to prepare our entire student community to become tomorrow’s biomedical innovators and health care leaders.

GOAL 1 Offer graduate and professional programs that support the NYMC mission: to educate biomedical scientists and prepare them for careers as medical professionals, researchers, teachers, innovators and leaders, in an atmosphere of excellence, scholarship and integrity.

Subgoal 1: Evaluate and assess academic programs to ensure that they are meeting the needs of our students, are responsive to market needs and are sustainable and competitive. Subgoal 2: Develop programs and new degrees to allow students to individualize their education and advance their careers. Subgoal 3: Create interdisciplinary research centers of excellence, bringing together faculty and students within each of the basic science disciplines and relevant faculty and students from all the schools on our campus. Subgoal 4: Develop and enhance online learning systems for all schools with sufficiently trained support personnel to allow crossinstitutional teaching and extend the College’s reach to a larger target population. Subgoal 5: Enhance student research opportunities.

GOAL 2 Attain sufficient numbers and types of clinical education experiences to meet our current student needs that match increases in some of our class sizes anticipated over the next five years.

Subgoal 1: Collaborate with Touro to establish a system-wide Office of Clinical Affiliations with a staff to include an administrator and support staff person. Subgoal 2: Increase the number and types of affiliate sites and clinical education experiences for our students to be able to meet the needs of all programs. Subgoal 3: Strengthen our relationships with our current clinical education partners to promote greater numbers of clinical experiences and support new initiatives and improvements. Subgoal 4: Collaborate with Touro to create an interprofessional clinical education center.

GOAL 3 Ensure there are sufficient faculty with appropriate expertise and faculty development support to carry out the mission of the College.

Subgoal 1: Perform an evidenced-based faculty needs assessment for academic and research programs. Subgoal 2: Improve recruitment and retention of exceptional faculty; including transition planning for critical education and research faculty as senior faculty members retire. Subgoal 3: Define faculty performance metrics for clinical service, research, teaching and service. This includes consideration of how to transparently and fairly evaluate full-time effort for different faculty tracks. Subgoal 4: Develop an academy of educators that serves all NYMC schools.

GOAL 4 Enhance overall student success through student services that promote academic support, career readiness, student health and wellness and an inclusive community that engenders a sense of belonging for all students.

Subgoal 1: Assess and expand student career development opportunities aimed at improving career outcomes and successful transition into the workforce. Subgoal 2: Provide academic support initiatives in partnership with faculty to include programs that provide support and intervention strategies for student populations who may have unique needs at different stages of their academic journey. Provide robust student advising and mentorship programs. Subgoal 3: Provide guidance and support for health and wellness to the entire student community. Subgoal 4: Provide a robust student financial advising initiative. Subgoal 5: Assess and develop opportunities for student engagement and initiatives that foster an environment of inclusivity, respect and belonging—that serve to enhance the overall student experience. Subgoal 6: Prioritize and support diversity and inclusion initiatives across all the schools on our campus in order to establish an environment that creates equal access and opportunity for all.