Diversifying Healthcare Delivery Using Holistic Admissions

Holistic admissions practices are designed to help universities consider a broad range of factors reflecting an applicant’s academic readiness, contribution to the incoming class, and potential for success both in school and later as a professional. Join us as Dr. Fair explores various strategies utilized by nursing schools and medical schools when moving to holistic, race-neutral admissions policies to diversify student bodies.

NOTE:This webinar is open to everyone including non-members, communities of interest, practice representatives, and AACN member schools including deans, faculty, staff and students

Webinar Speaker

Malika Fair, MD, MPH
Senior Director, Health Equity Partnerships and Programs
Association of American Medical Colleges
Washington, DC

Malika Fair, MD, MPH is an Assistant Clinical Professor and practicing physician in the Department of Emergency Medicine of The George Washington University. Dr. Fair is the Senior Director for Health Equity Partnerships and Programs at the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). In this role, Dr. Fair directs two federal initiatives, the Urban Universities for HEALTH (Health Equity through Alignment, Leadership, and Transformation of the Health Workforce) project and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Cooperative Agreement with the AAMC. Within Urban Universities for HEALTH, she leads efforts to develop metrics, tools, and resources within a learning collaborative to produce a diverse and culturally prepared workforce. As a part of the CDC Cooperative Agreement, she has developed a fellowship program with the CDC, online public health repositories for medical educators and learners, and provides ongoing faculty development opportunities related to population health. Dr. Fair co-leads the AAMC Accelerating Health Equity, Advancing through Discovery (AHEAD) initiative which seeks to identify, evaluate, and disseminate effective and replicable AAMC-member institution practices that improve community health and reduce health inequities.