A perspective on the Baltimore Freddie Gray riots: turning tragedy into civic engagement and culture change in an academic department of medicine

SH Golden, TKM Cudjoe, P Galiatsatos… - Academic …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
SH Golden, TKM Cudjoe, P Galiatsatos, D Brownlee, E Flanagan, DC Crews, N Maruthur
Academic Medicine, 2018journals.lww.com
Abstract Problem The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Department of Medicine
(DOM) sought ways of enhancing community engagement after the death of Freddie Gray
and consequent unrest in Baltimore City. Approach The DOM launched a five-part noon
lecture series in May 2015—“Journeys in Medicine”—to facilitate discussion among DOM
faculty, staff, trainees, and community residents regarding the city's unrest. This evolved into
a departmentwide civic engagement initiative in July 2016 to enhance employee and …
Abstract
Problem The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Department of Medicine (DOM) sought ways of enhancing community engagement after the death of Freddie Gray and consequent unrest in Baltimore City.
Approach The DOM launched a five-part noon lecture series in May 2015—“Journeys in Medicine”—to facilitate discussion among DOM faculty, staff, trainees, and community residents regarding the city’s unrest. This evolved into a departmentwide civic engagement initiative in July 2016 to enhance employee and community engagement. The civic engagement committee is composed of
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