Background
The Independent Student Analysis (ISA) is a student-led survey required by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) during their site visit conducted every eight years. Wayne State University School of Medicine (WSUSOM) recently completed their LCME site visit in April 2023. While data from the January-March 2022 ISA was presented to the LCME committee, the WSUSOM Student Senate recognized the need to obtain continuous student feedback on the various aspects of WSUSOM. Therefore, the ISA Committee was formed to gauge student needs with annual surveys. Two student organizations, Mothers in Medicine (MnM) and the Institutional Justice and Inclusion Subcommittee of Senate (IJI), turned to the ISA Committee for support. The ISA Committee leveraged their December 2022 survey to garner student opinion about these organizations’ proposed policies.

Methods
The ISA Committee created a new version of the ISA that was distributed to the student body between December 1-22, 2022 on New Innovations. The aforementioned two policy recommendations were included as questions. MnM’s policy advocated for excused time off for students experiencing birth or adoption and increased resources such as test-taking accommodations. IJI’s policy allocated 3 days/year to be used for religious holidays not covered by the student calendar. Students were asked to demonstrate their satisfaction with the proposed policies on a 5-point Likert scale ranging from “very satisfied” to “very dissatisfied.”

Results
A total of 963 students from all four classes answered the question supporting the religious accommodation policy, with 93.5% of respondents selecting either “satisfied” or “very satisfied.” Similarly, of the 961 students answering the question supporting the parental accommodation policy, 92.8% of respondents selected either “satisfied” or “very satisfied.” These results demonstrated how valuable the two organizations’ policies would be to the student body.

Conclusion
The overwhelming support for these two measures demonstrated the need for both parental and religious accommodations at WSUSOM. The ISA committee shared a report of the results with the WSUSOM administration. The committee also encouraged student leaders to work with administration to implement the two new policy proposals through communication and further advocacy. In future iterations of the ISA survey, the committee will continue to include input from various student organizations aimed at improving wellness in medical education. The ISA aims to be a vehicle to promote diversity and equity by providing a tangible display of student support for the various initiatives advocated by the WSUSOM student body.


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