The Culture Crew is a group of faculty members, residents, allied health professionals, and staff dedicated to enhancing culture in the Department of Surgery. Task teams focus on specific initiatives to assess progress towards environmental goals, address evolving strategy, and foster communication and connection in the Department of Surgery.
Wellness
The Michigan Medicine Department of Surgery is committed to cultivating wellness through awareness, education, resources, and a supportive environment. The department offers a variety of channels for faculty members, residents, fellows, and staff members to seek support or provide feedback around wellness.
Michigan Action Progress System (MAPS)
The Michigan Action Progress System (MAPS) is a process for collective, ongoing enhancement of the Department of Surgery culture. The primary goal of the MAPS program is to provide informal, ad hoc, peer-to-peer education when addressing mistreatment or unprofessional behavior.
Cultural Complications Curriculum
The cultural complications curriculum provides dedicated time and curricula to address and discuss cultural competency, patient and provider relations, trainee experiences.
Environment Toolkit
The Department of Surgery Culture Crew has created an Environment Toolkit, an evolving collection of value statements, guidelines, and policies which provide a framework for environment-related best practices. The toolkit includes a Patient Bias Protocol, the Michigan Action Progress System (MAPS), a Recruiting for Diversity Primer, and the Cultural Complications Curriculum. We welcome others to model and share these practices. To access the toolkit, please email Laura Rivard, Michigan Promise Program Manager at [email protected].