DEI Roadmap
To help one on their personal and professional journey, the DEI Roadmap provides a path through some of the basic guiding principles toward diversity, equity, and inclusion - including identity, implicit bias, cultural humility, and inclusivity, allyship and belonging. Explore resources and informative articles discussing those categories below:
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Identity
Identity is a combination of characteristics, experiences and attributes that shapes who you are. Learning about ones identity in society is imperative in understanding the impact of identity within healthcare administration, as well as key factors that inspire decision making for every person.
Harvard University Self-Assessment
"The self-assessment tool is designed to help you explore your strengths and growth areas in learning related to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). The purpose of the tool is to help you reflect upon your level of knowledge, awareness, skills, and action in a set of DEI competencies that the Harvard Graduate School of Education views as essential for all professionals in the field of education today."
The Social Identity Wheel
This worksheet is an activity that encourages students to identify social identities and reflect on the various ways those identities become visible or more keenly felt at different times, and how those identities impact the ways others perceive or treat them.
Implicit bias
CE Credit - Implicit Bias in Healthcare
At the completion of this activity, pharmacists will be able to define implicit bias, related terminology describe examples of how implicit biases affect the delivery, quality of patient care, and list strategies to recognize and reduce the impact of implicit bias on patient care.
CME Passport - Implicit Bias in Healthcare
"This presentation will identify common biases and differentiate between implicit bias and racism. Additionally, this presentation will discuss ways implicit bias impacts behavior and also explore ways to address bias."
Implicit Bias Lesson 1
"Lesson 1 in the Implicit Bias Video Series from BruinX, the R&D unit within UCLA's Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion. This video discusses schemas, which are mental short-cuts that help us navigate the world around us."
How Does Implicit Bias Impact Healthcare?
Learn the everyday impacts of implicit bias within healthcare and how you can spot these biases.
Can We Unlearn Implicit Biases?
In this episode of the American Psychological Association's "Speaking of Psychology" podcast, Mahzarin Banaji, PhD, one of the pioneers of implicit bias research, talks about where implicit biases come from, the difference between implicit bias and prejudice, and which biases have lessened - and which have not - in recent years.
The Mind of the Village: Understanding Our Implicit Biases
On this episode of NPR's Hidden Brain radio show/podcast, the hosts and guests examine research about the mind of the village and the Implicit Association Test (IAT).
Project Implicit
Take one or many of Harvard's Implicit Association Tests to learn more about your implicit biases.
Cultural humility
Cultural Humility focuses on deep, continuous self-reflection while developing an understanding of other's cultures while examining one's own beliefs on cultural identities.
CE Program: Cultural Competence and Cultural Humility (Module 1)
In this module you will "identify opportunities to incorporate cultural humility throughout interactions with patients/caregivers, colleagues, students and peers."
CME Passport
Learners are encouraged to self-reflect on their encounters with patients and opportunities to improve communication and patient experience overall.
What is Cultural Humility?
The Psych Hub breaks down Cultural Humility and how you can adapt behaviors that combat bias.
Practicing Cultural Humility When Serving Immigrant and Refugee Communities
In this EthnoMed resource, the author dives into the three tenets of cultural humility: lifelong learning and self-reflection, mitigating power imbalances, and institutional accountability.
Inclusivity, Allyship, and Belonging
Allyship is all about amplifying the voices of people from marginalized groups and support them in each space. Allyship can look different for every group and every person, learning about allyship is key to standing up to bias and discrimination.
Disability Inclusion
This DCD resource discusses disability inclusion, barriers to inclusion, strategies, programs and activities, and more.
Your Journey to True Alleyship
"In this 2021 TEDxSeattleWomen talk, Talisa Lavarry explains how true allyship is opening doors for the marginalized that they cannot open for themselves. She outlines three key tactics for us to employ on our journey to allyship and gives examples for how these play out in real life."
Transgender and Gender Diverse Pharmacy Resource Guide
"The Human Rights Campaign Foundation and the American Pharmacists Association released a guide for pharmacies on transgender and gender-diverse inclusion ... [serving] as an educational tool and a resource to pharmacists and pharmacy staff on how to be inclusive to transgender, non-binary and gender-diverse patients."
Racism & Health
"In April of 2021, CDC declared racism a serious public health threat that directly affects the well-being of millions of Americans and, as a result, affects the health of our entire nation." The following link offers background on the impact of racism in healthcare delivery.
