acadim - The Academy for Diversity- and Individual Medicine
acadim is planned to become the first nationwide platform for research and training in diversity medicine. This project from the Institute for Diversity Medicine offers scientifically sound training for healthcare professionals, organizes awareness campaigns, and networks research projects on diversity-sensitive medicine.
The project
acadim is being developed at the Institute for Diversity Medicine at Ruhr University Bochum. A team of several people is currently developing the project into an independent platform. The aim is to establish the first nationwide contact point for research and training in diversity medicine.
The planned online platform is intended for healthcare professionals, researchers, those affected, and their relatives. It offers scientifically sound training, supports research projects on diversity-sensitive medicin,e and facilitates interdisciplinary dialogue. It also organises educational campaigns to promote general health awareness.
The overarching goal is to establish fairer, low-threshold, and diversity-sensitive healthcare.
acadim is still in a prototyping phase through the end of 2027. During this time, the first online and face-to-face courses will be created. At the same time, the team is developing the foundation of the digital learning platform to support further training and knowledge transfer in diversity medicine.
The initiators
Sebastian Paschen and Moritz Roloff initiated acadim as a nonprofit startup. Both are studying medicine and previously founded the nationwide project "Gender in Medicine" of the German Medical Students' Association (bvmd).
Moritz Roloff is a qualified nurse and is studying for a doctorate in neonatology. Sebastian Paschen trained as a paramedic and is doing his doctorate in medical-pharmaceutical microbiology at the Helmholtz Institute for One Health.
During their work on the student project, they realised that implementing diversity-sensitive medicine must extend beyond medical students. The idea for acadim emerged independently of the Institute for Diversity Medicine's founding. Since 2023, the initiators have been developing acadim together with Ruhr-University Bochum.
