Georgetown School of Medicine Appointed Peer Dialogue Facilitator Program

Diversity Dialogues in Medicine (DDIM) is a dynamic peer education and community-building program at the Georgetown School of Medicine (GUSOM). The Office of Diversity & Inclusion seeks to identify a cohort of up to 6 Peer Dialogue Facilitators (PDFs) for for the 2017-2018 academic year. GUSOM Appointed Peer Dialogue Facilitators seek to educate themselves and others about diversity, identity, and intergroup dynamics in order to create dialogue spaces that build common understandings across groups. For more information on the program and its requirements, visit: https://som.georgetown.edu/diversityandinclusion/diversitydialogue

Diversity Dialogues in Medicine is a year-long program open to M2s during the academic year 2017-2018 (August - April) that provides a unique learning opportunity for GUSOM students to engage on a range of identity topics including but not limited to: race, ethnicity, gender, class, sexuality, and faith. Sponsored by the Office of Diversity & Inclusion at GUSOM, dialogues aim to be intergroup, gathering people from multiple backgrounds and identities for 1-2 hour dialogues of a different topic each month.

The Goal of the Diversity Dialogues in Medicine is to:
  • Engage across difference of perspective and identity
  • Foster intergroup community through a diversity of identities (doctors, patients, families, teams of healthcare professionals)
  • Explore personal experience, societal issues, health care challenges
  • Provide tools for navigating difference on and off campus
Benefits:
  • As a result of participating, peer dialogue facilitators will derive the following benefits of this program:
  • Hone and finesse strong facilitation and robust group conversation skills
  • Develop a set of communication and listening skills that will help you to better serve diverse patient populations
  • Receive in-depth training around discussing and deepening understanding around diversity and inclusion issues
  • Learn the skills of public narrative to tell your story of self, us and now to inspire action and commitment around social issues
  • Opportunity to build up your CV and portfolio
  • Community Service Hours will be credited for each 2 hour workshop delivery and 1-2 hour prep for each workshop in a 1-1 hour ratio, for a maximum of 10 total community service hours for the year. Each Peer Dialogue Facilitator pair is expected to organize and deliver up to 3 facilitated sessions for the campus community or affiliated GUSOM student groups.
Typical Responsibilities of Peer Dialogue Facilitators:
  • Coordinate facilitations related to social justice and diversity topics
  • Conduct training sessions for student groups and academic classes to deepen their awareness of social identities, systems of power, and intergroup dialogue
  • Serve as peer facilitator who runs monthly discussion groups on campus
Topics for Discussion:
Topic 1: Setting the Scene: Race, Ethnicity & Identity Exploration and Establishing a Common Language
Topic 2: Gender, Sexuality & Bias
Topic 3: Power, Privilege, and Getting Real
Topic 4:  Challenges & Opportunities at Georgetown School of Medicine
Topic 5: Application & Communication of Cultural Sensitive and Racially Aware Lenses Facilitators will also learn the art and craft of public narrative, a training devised by Dr. Marshall Ganz, Harvard Kennedy School
Facilitators will be expected to  attend:
Pre-Orientation Weeklong training: July 31st - August 4th, 2017 for 15 hours (3-4 hours a day) with a "refresher training” (3 hours)- one day during the week of October 16-20th, 2017

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