Session Description
Although the trainee pipeline in PCCM has committed to increasing diversity, our field still has significant strides to make in promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion of our trainees and faculty. The purpose of this session is to engage program leaders and educators to address the important issues of unconscious bias, harassment, discrimination, sexism, and racism in our workplace environment. In this session we will provide hands-on, skills-based training to combat microaggressions and harassment and discuss how we can all be allies against racism and sexism in our learning environments and communities. Finally, we will discuss steps our association can take to be the lead the way in building and sustaining an equitable environment for all.
Session Objectives
1. After this session, participants will be able to describe the gender and racial disparities in PCCM and will be able to identify the difference between bias, microaggressions and harassment.
2. Participants will be able to employ skills to combat microaggressions from co-workers and patients by utilizing allied behaviors.
3. We will discuss steps our association can take to be leaders in building and sustaining an equitable environment for all.
Session Speakers
Geneva Tatem, MD (expertise in behavioral)
Wayne State University School of Medicine
Lekshmi Santhosh, MD, MAEd (expertise in delineating gender/racial disparities in PCCM, running sessions on allyship)
University of California San Francisco
Rupal Shah, MD (expertise in women in medicine)
University of California San Francisco
Meshell Johnson, MD (expertise in improving diversity equity & inclusion in medicine, running sessions on allyship)
University of California San Francisco
