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Resources
The following resources are available for all of our students to ensure success.
DEI Blog
- Visit the DEI Blog for current division news and updates from across all Rowan University, including SOM.
- We are now accepting nominations for faculty, staff, students, alumni and community members to be featured on the DEI Spotlight. Please complete this nomination form.
- We are also looking for contributors to the DEI Blog! If interested, please fill out this form.
As always, please share your events, news and resources with us to add to our DEI Blog. Please email us at DEI@Rowan.edu
First-Gen Students in Medicine
This unique cross-campus panel, from February 2022, includes students from Rowan-Virtua SOM, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, and Rowan University Glassboro. During the panel, they share insights gained from the pandemic and stories of resilience and success, concluding with audience questions and answers. View the recording.
Support, Policies and Professional Learning
Rowan-Virtua SOM is committed to helping our students acheive their goals. Resources are available for student support needs.
- Rowan-Virtua SOM Academic Services - Career/Residency Advising, Disability Resources, Tutoring, Networking
- GSBS Academic Services
Through partnership with the Division of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, resources are available for professional development and continual learning.
Rowan University
- DEI Resources
- DEI Blog
- 2021 DEI Annual Summit Keynote Address - Tim Wise
- How to add pronouns in Webex
Rowan-Virtua SOM
- DEI Professional Learning @Rowan-Virtua SOM
- Other Resources:
- DEI Book Study - Periodically, Rowan-Virtua SOM engages in a Book Study with faculty and staff to expand our awareness and allyship. Examples of past book studies include:
- White fragility: Why it's so hard for white people to talk about racism, by Robin DiAngelo
- The 1619 Project, by Nikole Hannah Jones
- Racism Without Racists: Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in America, by Eduardo Bonilla Silva
- Superior: The Return of Race Science, by Angela Saini
- Download our Book Study flyer and info here.
- Faculty Development:
- Health Sciences Library
- DEI Book Study - Periodically, Rowan-Virtua SOM engages in a Book Study with faculty and staff to expand our awareness and allyship. Examples of past book studies include:
Continual Learning Resources
- https://medschool.duke.edu/about-us/diversity-and-inclusion/office-diversity-inclusion/resources/anti-racism-resources
- DEI blog post: "DEI Prof-Spectives: Addressing Asian and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Discrimination and Violence"
- History of Anti-Asian Racism and Asian Anti-Racism
- The Long History of Racism Against Asians in the U.S.
- Learning the history: Stereotyping Native Americans
- Resources on Tackling Stereotypes Against Native Americans
Books:
Rowan Social Justice, Inclusion and Conflict Resolution - Includes links for LGBTQIA+, Multicultural and Women’s Centers, programming calendar
Rowan-Virtua SOM's Student Affairs team has developed a calendar to highlight a diverse array of observances. View the Rowan-Virtua SOM 2022 Calendar for Religious Observances & University Holidays
Rowan-Virtua SOM has a robust group of Student Organizations and Associations, including many that honor religious traditions. Click here to read about Rowan-Virtua SOM Student Organizations.
Religious Observations and University Policies (Rowan University)
Guide to Religious Holidays (Provides description of different religious observances to foster greater understanding)
Books:
Bias and Discrimination in Clinical Learning Environments
Understanding Heterosexism, Homophobia, Transphobia in Medicine Podcasts
The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast Episode #155 LGBT Health in Primary Care
LGBTQ (Audio) LGBT Trainees Speak Out (January 17, 2017)
BIPOC in Medicine Resources Podcasts
University of Michigan: Featuring Student Doctor
The Nocturnists – Black Voices in Healthcare
5 Black Run Mental Health & Wellness Podcasts to Listen To
Accessibility & Neurodiversity in Medicine
Diverse resources, articles, and websites to exercise self-care.
- Employees: Counseling Assistance Program 609-292-8543
- Students: Student Mental Health Services are offered through the Department of Psychiatry 856-482-9000 or The Student Wellness Program 856-770-5750
- Seeking Mental Health Services as a Medical Student
- How to Help Medical Students Keep Tabs on Their Mental Health
- 15 Steps to Navigate Crises and Physician Well-being
- Therapy for Black Girls
- Supporting Black Men’s Mental Health
- Therapy for Latinx
- The Association of LGBTQ+ Psychiatrists
- The National Center for Transgender Equality
- Stress and Trauma Toolkit for Treating Jewish Americans in a Changing Social and Political Environment
- Institute for Muslim Mental Health
- Asian American/Pacific Islander Communities and Mental Health
- https://psychologydegreeguide.org/resources/mental-health-students-of-color/
Sexual Assault Prevention Resources
The Wellness Center - 856-256-4333 - wellnesscenter@rowan.edu - Students can speak confidentially with a counselor, nurse, or doctor about their experiences and what they would like the next steps to be. After hours, call and select option 3 to be connected to the on-call counselor.
Healthy Campus Initiatives - 856-256-4333 - hci@rowan.edu - Students can plan and participate in various prevention activities, including Green Dot Bystander Intervention.
Services Empowering the Rights of Victims - 866-295-7378 - https://www.centerffs.org/serv - An off-campus partner for students to speak with confidentially, or be involved in, sexual assault prevention activities.
To join our Sexual Violence Prevention Task Force, email co-chairs Allie Pearce (pearce@rowan.edu) or Amy Hoch (hoch@rowan.edu). This multidisciplinary group works to plan and inform policy. We meet the last Wednesday of the month at 10 a.m.