Learn & Engage

Welcome to the Learn & Engage page!

We hope this page provides you with the necessary resources to continue learning about diversity, equity, inclusion and anti-racism (DEIA). First, highlighted are the four focus areas that the DEIA team prioritizes in our work; institutionalized diversity, equity and inclusion, workforce development, community engagement, and research, evaluation, and dissemination. Following these categories are a list of resources to deepen your understanding of DEIA.

Institutionalizing diversity, equity, inclusion and anti-racism (DEIA) into the Department of Family Medicine (DFM) is a key focus areas that drives the work of the DEIA team. Our priorities include: Connecting with DFM leadership regularly, developing a team of change agents, and forming relationships with external stakeholders

We have a renewed focus on how we interact, work with, and engage with our communities. Specifically, our focus is the local community of Aurora. The DEIA mission area tries to complement the work done in the Community Mission area. Our priorities include: Advocating work with communities the DFM serves to achieve health equity and championing community engagement and participation using DEIA lens.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Anti-Racism (DEIA) work is becoming more of the standard of practice in academic medicine. Though many have promoted DEIA as the “right thing to do,” for it to be moved from a priority to a value in academia, sharing best practices and producing scholarship will be essential. Our goals include: Promoting scholarly work to advance the science of DEIA work, seeking funding to continue DEIA, evaluating efforts of programs, and evaluating how the DFM culture reflects DEIA efforts.

For Clinicians

There are so many ways that we can help support and strengthen our communities. Take advantage of these opportunities to make your mark.

Faculty and Staff Hiring Tools

Implicit Bias in Virtual Interviews

CU GME Recruitment Toolkit

Online Motivational Interviewing for Healthcare Professionals (with Opioid Misuse Module)

Learn and Engage

Centering Health Equity Podcast:

Hidden in Plain Sight — Reconsidering the Use of Race Correction in Clinical Algorithms (15 minute read) New England Journal of Medicine. Darshali A. Vyas, M.D., Leo G. Eisenstein, M.D., and David S. Jones, M.D., Ph.D. – 2021

Recognizing Social Determinants of Health in the Clinic (10 minute video) Center for Health Progress – 2013

Academy of Medical Educators Grand Rounds - The Myth of Meritocracy: How our selection processes perpetuate inequity and steps we can take to rectify it

A Health Equity Guide for Healthcare Transformation and Accountability

AAFP (American Academy of Family Physicians) - Advocacy Page

Training

UCHealth's upstander training which is located here: Being an Upstander

Health Equity in Action Lab (HEAL) - Foundations in Equity Certificate Program

The Foundations in Equity Certificate includes a four-part module; each 90 minutes and delivered in-person. Successful completion of all four modules (in any order) will lead to a certificate of completion. Modules can also be enrolled in individually if you are not interested in partaking in all four modules to earn the certificate.
You can register for a specific module using the corresponding registration buttons on the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Community Engagement website. Please note that if you would like to participate in all four modules you must enroll in each of them separately. Users must use their CU Anschutz email address to access registration.

DEIA Resources

The following documents are a few that have helped shaped the work for the DEIA team:

Videos that help build your understanding of DEIA:

Book-Club

The DFM Social Justice Book Club was started in the Spring 2020 in the midst of the most recent wave of social unrest triggered by George Floyd's murder and longstanding racial injustice.

The purpose of the book club is for participants to explore diverse perspectives, interrogate their own beliefs about equity and inclusion, and to foster discussion in the DFM about how we can be champions for social justice.

Through books, podcasts, movies, and other media we will be learning about many aspects of diversity including race and ethnicity, ability, gender identity, sexuality, and more. A sample of media covered so far includes: "How to Be an Anti-Racist" by Ibram X. Kendi, the podcast "Seeing White", and the film "Crip Camp".

Virtual book club sessions occur every 6-8 weeks with multiple meeting times per topic.

Want to join? Contact Gilbert Achay, gilbert.achay@cuanschutz.edu to be added to the email listserv to receive session invitations.

Book Club Facilitators

We are in need of additional facilitators! You are welcome to help facilitate one session or all the sessions or anything in between. Time commitment for this role would involve approximately 2-2.5 hours per session, which includes the session time itself as well as the necessary prep time. If you interested, please contact Gilbert Achay at gilbert.achay@cuanschutz.edu.

Upcoming DFM Book Club Session Dates/Times