Dr. Ricardo Correa, an endocrinology specialty physician in the Arizona Chapter of ACP, Chair-Elect Designee of the ACP Council of Early Career Physicians, and Associate Editor of SGIM Forum, and Dr. Priya Radhakrishnan, Chief Academic Officer and Vice President of Health Equity at HonorHealth, governor of ACP Arizona chapter, and Governor-Elect Designee of the ACP Board of Governors, reflect on the topic of a previous episode of The DEI Shift: the minority tax (Season 2, Episode 1) and its relevance for generalist physicians and trainees. In the earlier episode, The DEI Shift Senior Producers, Branden Barger and Dr. DJ Gaines, talked with Evolve Benton about the minority tax and the negative effects it can have on well-being.

Key Messages
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• The gratitude tax is a feeling of obligation that underrepresented minorities in medicine (URMM) faculty have to an academic institution and to future generations of URMMs for being given the opportunity to be a physician. ​
  
• Academic leaders can provide appropriate incentives for academic faculty to participate in internal (e.g., committee) service to mitigate the minority tax and gratitude tax.
• Scholarly work can take a variety of forms and can be recognized to give voice to URMMs. This can include writing and publishing in professional society newsletters, invited commentaries in journals, and op-eds, or engaging in advocacy work in media or other platforms.​
  
• Affinity groups can offer an opportunity to promote advocacy, advancement, and education towards diversifying the internal medicine pipeline.

The conversation continues on Twitter with the #ProudToBeGIM. For this episode, tag @theDEIShift @ArizonaACP. Tell us why you’re #ProudToBeGIM and share your perspectives, experiences, or tips on how to mitigate the minority tax and the gratitude tax – for yourself, colleagues, and mentees as a general internal medicine specialist or trainee.

Resources 

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• The DEI Shift: The Minority Tax: Show Notes and Resource List Addressing the Minority Tax: Perspectives From Two Diversity Leaders on Building Minority Faculty Success in Academic Medicine from Academic Medicine 
• Black Students Transforming American Medical Schools from a past president of the Student National Medical Association, in SGIM Forum
• US Medical School Deans by Dean Type and Race/Ethnicity (URiM vs. non-URiM) American Association of Medical Colleges
• Diversity in Leadership Matters from SGIM Forum
• Publishing scholarly work:
  • Publishing in SGIM Forum: Crediting Your Scholarly Work in SGIM Forum 
  • Submit a Blog Post to Annals of Internal Medicine Fresh Look Blog 
  • Learn How to Publish Efficiently Using Writing Sprints 

#ProudtobeGIM is a campaign from the Society of General Internal Medicine and the American College of Physicians aimed at encouraging medical students and residents to pursue General Internal Medicine. This special podcast series for #ProudToBeGIM Week, February 21-24, 2022, is sponsored by a #ProudToBeGIM honorarium and the American College of Physicians Southern California Region III Chapter. Read more about the campaign here: https://www.sgim.org/career-center/proudtobegim 

The DEI Shift podcast is proud to partner with SGIM in promoting #ProudToBeGIM week. This opportunity allows multiple ACP Chapters to showcase the expertise of their leaders and to provide a fresh look into some popular episodes. We are especially delighted to have members of our production team, many of whom are pre-medical students, contribute their voices to the conversation as well.
The DEI Shift theme music is by Chris Dingman. Learn more at www.chrisdingman.com. 

Credits:
Host: Dr. Ricardo Correa (he/him/his) 
Guest: Dr. Priya Radhakrishnan (she/her/hers) 
Producers: Dr. Sarah Takimoto, Dr. Tiffany Leung
Executive Producer: Dr. Tammy Lin 
Co-Executive Producers: Dr. Pooja Jaeel, Dr. Tiffany Leung
Senior Producer: Dr. DJ Gaines, Dr. Maggie Kozman
Editor: Dr. Tiffany Leung
Production Assistants: Ann Truong, Likitha Arudhyala
Website/Art design: Ann Truong
Music: Chris Dingman
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Contact us: thedeishift@gmail.com, @thedeishift, thedeishift.com

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