DEI Discussion Roundtable – Protecting Staff Experiencing Bias from Patients

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Hospital and healthcare professionals leading diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) activities are invited join the WSHA DEI Discussion Roundtable. This network of DEI healthcare professionals (including Health Equity Officers, DEI Directors/Coordinators/Managers, HEDI Committee Chairs, etc) meet to discuss strategies, promising practices, emerging requirements and to and receive peer support.

• Patient bias towards clinicians and employees in health care is common. In a 2017 survey that included 822 physicians, 60% of physician respondents reported that, in the past 5 years, they had experienced bias from patients on the basis of a personal characteristic—most commonly younger age, ethnicity, gender, or race but also religion, weight, political views, accent, or sexual orientation.
• How health care organizations balance providing appropriate and necessary care to patients with maintaining a supportive, respectful work environment for staff can be a litmus test of organizational culture and leadership.
• Learn how the Mayo Clinic instituted a 5-Step Policy for Responding to Bias Incidents. (article link)
• Hospital attendees are encouraged to bring questions and their own examples to share.

Sept Topic: Comfort Equity, Leaning into Discomfort

Sep 13th, 9:00-10:30am

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Hospital and healthcare professionals leading diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) activities are invited join the WSHA DEI Discussion Roundtable. This network of DEI healthcare professionals (including Health Equity Officers, DEI Directors/Coordinators/Managers, HEDI Committee Chairs, etc) meet to discuss strategies, promising practices, emerging requirements and to and receive peer support.