Education & Training

Description: Implicit Biases are favorable and unfavorable attitudes or stereotypes that affect our understanding, actions, and decisions in an unconscious manner. These biases can have huge impacts on the way we navigate research and clinical spaces as professionals, and how we interact with patients when delivering care. In order to remain excellent and innovative, we must embrace diversity of thought, actions, and lived experiences. This training allows attendees to gain a baseline understanding of implicit bias, how it emerges, and strategies to mitigate its impact while working to create an inclusive environment. 

Learning Objectives:

• Participants will be able to define implicit bias and process how it shows up every day.
• Participants will be able to engage in reflective practices.
• Participants will be able to determine action steps to combat implicit biases.

Topics that may be included in training: Psychological Safety, Imposter Syndrome, Stereotype Threat, Oppression, Power

Description: Bystander interventions (acts of being an Upstander) are about recognizing a potentially harmful situation or interaction and choosing to respond in a way that could positively influence an outcome. In the medical field, all voices are not always heard, yet with our teams we want to ensure that everyone feels value for who they are and their expertise. Whether it’s intervening in tense interactions within research teams, or advocating on behalf of a patient, understanding bystander intervention can be crucial for collaboration and serving our communities. This training is a skill-building process that helps attendees recognize harm and analyze the consequences of our actions–or inactions as bystanders.

Topics that may be included in training: Psychological Safety, Implicit Bias, Microaggressions

Description: Healthcare and research environments can be hectic and intense, and while conflicts and tensions are unavoidable, we can still have a huge impact on how others navigate and experience those conflicts. In order to boost morale and ensure value in others and what they contribute to our community and learning environment, we need to address workplace toxicity and power dynamics. This training allows attendees to be mindful of discriminatory behaviors and how to address them with regard to team dynamics. More so, you will access tools to boost your connection and build a stronger workplace environment. 

Topics that may be included in training: Sphere of Influence Model, Bystander Intervention, Microaffirmations, Psychological Safety, Workplace Wellbeing, Workplace Toxicity, Power Dynamics, Allyship

Description: We all deserve to be in a welcoming, comfortable workplace. Unfortunately, that can sometimes be a challenge, considering we all have different expectations of what that looks like. We want to create an environment where people feel safe enough to ask questions, take risks, speak up, challenge others (respectfully, of course), and be themselves. When we feel this sense of safety, we may be more empowered to raise concerns about bias in hiring or to alert our collaborators of issues when developing studies. This session is great for teams to come together and discuss unique challenges and goals, both individually and collectively. Expect to engage in community building and action planning that promotes wellbeing for all.

Topics that may be included in training: Sphere of Influence, Allyship

Description: Cultural humility is a practice of self-reflection on how one’s own background—and the background of others—impacts teaching, learning, research, creative activity, engagement, leadership, etc. Every day, our patients and research participants bring unique cultural perspectives with them that may clash with healthcare systems and our own cultural identities and knowledge.  In this session, we ask you to discover the significance of cultural humility on yourself and those around you, leading to openness, lifelong learning, accountability, empathy, and more.

Topics that may be included in training: Psychological Safety, Empathy

Description: One thing we all have in common is that we live in a culture that has dominant attributes that often hold back and push down. The guidelines we live by support many, but not all. In this session, we will dive into what dominant culture attributes are and determine how we can conceptualize ways to explore other means of reaching collective and individual success in administrative, clinical, and academic settings

Topics that may be included in training: Psychological Safety, Cultural Humility, Power, Oppression

Description: Every two years, the University undergoes a big undertaking: the employee engagement survey. The data is awesome...but too often, departments are unsure how to address the issues and make the concerns actionable. Our role with this training is to provide guidance for actions that groups (e.g., departments, divisions) can take in response to their engagement survey results. This setting is highly engaging, and we will provide resources to jumpstart outcomes so your next engagement survey will show improvement in culture and commitment.