Med school accreditor finds diversity effort 'unsatisfactory,' pressures school to implement DEI programs

The University of Utah School of Medicine was pressured into implementing additional diversity, equity, and inclusion programs after its accrediting organization found the school's diversity efforts to be "unsatisfactory," according to a 2021 report obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation.
 

Medical watchdog organization Do No Harm acquired emails between UUSOM and its accreditor, Liaison Committee on Medical Education, which declared that the university's "diversity/pipeline programs and partnerships" were "unsatisfactory" because it failed to employ and enroll enough women.

The report noted that UUSOM had seen "improvement for the 2020 entering class," but not enough. As a result, the accreditor requested that UUSOM provide a report detailing how it planned to improve its recruitment of students and faculty from underrepresented groups.