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. 2024 Apr 16;56(6):362–366. doi: 10.22454/FamMed.2024.865619

Table 1. Example of a Department Dashboard—Metrics by Pillar of EDI Action.

PRACTICE

Care delivery and health*

WORKFORCE

Recruitment and retention

EDUCATION

Learner recruitment and training

RESEARCH

Participation and trust

Diversity metrics

Extent clinics attract and retain their potential diversity of patients

For whom practice is attractive or not?

Composition, eg, by race, ethnicity, language, insurance/SES, gender

Proportion of BIPOC, gender, other differences relative to potential diversity for faculty, staff, learners

Proportion of studies with minoritized participants, staff

Community-engaged research participation from groups x, y, z

Who does and publishes, including faculty, learners, and community members?

Who applies, is hired, retained, succeeds, and identifies with department

Does workforce draw from the range of persons in served communities?

What learners are attracted, apply, enter, and succeed, especially those who identify as from a minoritized group?

Inclusion metrics

Trust; feeling comfortable and safe; identification with the practice

Survey/audit Extent a plan for change exists when problems identified

Faculty, staff, and learner experience, eg, rate of retention, sense of belonging

Community-engaged research projects

Use of validated questions for trust and safety in research participation

Extent recruitment process examined and becoming welcoming and equitable

Tracked applicant and acceptance metrics; who is attracted, who is accepted, and based on what?

Equity metrics

Health disparities; what disparities for whom? 8

Comparison of observed disparities with those literature suggests are common.

Extent QI includes metrics for disparities and tests of change

Extent workforce and learners say a good place to work and learn; fair and safe; mentorship and advancement opportunity

Completed health equity or community-based research, publication, and grants 

Assessment of meaningful community engagement/trust in research

Reach and impact of such research

Salary equity Equity in mentorship and promotion success

Leadership presence and success Reduction in minority/gender tax 9, 10, 11, 12, 13

Diverse learners recruited and graduated

Change in learner diversity, success, experience Minoritized/URiM learners feeling equal opportunities as others

*The authors recognize that in clinical settings this can be challenging because few departments have control of the wider clinical delivery systems in which they operate.

Abbreviations: EDI, equity, diversity, and inclusion; SES, socioeconomic status; QI, quality improvement; BIPOC, Black, Indigenous, and other People of Color; URiM, underrepresented in medicine