Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

CHSP DEI Spotlight

DEI Spotlight offers the opportunity for CHSP faculty, staff, and students to learn and change together through conversation.

Do you have an idea for a prompt or question to discuss at DEI Spotlight? We'd love to hear it!

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Past Events

October 23-27, 2023:  Implicit Bias

CHSP DEI Committee Implicit Bias Month Prompts:

1. How much implicit bias do you have currently towards people/groups?
2. How do we create trust in health care systems for those from various cultural backgrounds?
3. Do you know the facts vs. myths of organ donation?
4. Do you feel your program is adequately preparing you to address implicit bias in your future career?
5. How/what can programs do to prepare you to handle and understand implicit bias concerns?

Results for Implicit Bias Spotlight

September 20-24, 2023: Accessibility 

CHSP DEI Committee Accessibility Month Prompts:

1. Do you currently identify as having a disability?
2. If you currently identify as having a disability, is it intellectual or physical?
3. How much bias do you currently have towards people/groups with disabilities?
4. Do you feel that your program is adequately preparing you to address accessibility issues in your future career?

Results for Accessibility Spotlight

April 17-21, 2023: PRIDE 

CHSP DEI Committee Women's History Month Prompts:

1. Which of the following barriers do you think that LGBTQIA+ people experience in accessing health care - please rank from greatest barrier to least barrier. (drag and drop choices)
2. If you were working in a health care setting and heard an offensive comment about a member of the LGTBQ+ community, would you say anything?
3. What SPECIFIC ideas do you have about how we can remove barriers for LGBTQ+ people for health care OR address common assumptions about the LGBTQ+ community?

March 20-24, 2023: Celebrating Women's History Month - Celebrating Women Who Tell Our Stories

CHSP DEI Committee Women's History Month Prompts:

1. What is an important issue that needs to be addressed to ensure women have the same opportunities and rights as men and what can you do an individual to address that important issue?
2. What can we do to ensure that women have equal opportunities in education and health care employment?
3. What can men do to become better allies to women in supporting gender equity in health care?
4. How do these identities below influence how women interact with and experience health and health care?

Results from Women's History Month Prompts

February 15-17, 2022: Gender

"You just wish sometimes that people would treat you like a human being rather than seeing your gender first and who you are second.” – Frances O’Grady, General Secretary of the British Trades Union Congress

Prompts:

1. Have you ever had someone make assumptions about you based on gender? What did it feel like?
2. Have you ever made an incorrect assumption about someone based on gender? What led you to that?

March 22-24, 2022: Pride Week

Prompts: 

1. Do health care workers hold biases toward the LGBTQ+ population?
2. Did someone ever make you feel judged unfairly? How did it feel? Why do you think it happened?
3. What is the influence of bias on health care services and outcomes?
4. How can we help others be more aware of bias to provide the best possible health care?

April 19-21, 2022: Confronting Hidden Bias in Healthcare

We all have biases. A bias is a personal and sometimes unreasoned judgment that may be overt or unconscious.  

During this event, participants were asked to look at a variety of photos and answer a variety of questions (e.g., How do you feel about the photos?).