A Few Words
Education & Training
Course Descriptions & Learning Objectives
Bias
Microaggressions
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Justice Building Blocks
Health Equity
Belonging & Inclusion
Workface Development
Bias
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| Understanding bias is the first step to managing it. This course defines unconscious bias, describes how it affects all settings such as the workplace, community, and education settings, and more. Prepares learners to acknowledge bias and use knowledge to reduce the negative impacts of bias. | Define implicit and explicit bias. Describe the impact of unconscious bias in the work, healthcare, and education environments. Provide tools to assist learners to reduce the harmful effects of implicit and explicit biases. |
Microaggressions
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| Microaggressions are brief and commonplace daily or verbal, behavioral, and environmental indignities, that communicate hostile, derogatory, or negative racial, gender, sexual orientation, and religious slights and insults to the target person or group. This course prepares learners to explore the causes of microaggressions and identify strategies to irradiate them. | Define microaggressions and the impact they have on others. Describe the connection to reinforcing inequity and prejudice in various environments. Using scenarios participants will be able to identify microaggressions and strategies for mitigating microaggressions in the individual, organization, social media, school work, and community settings. |
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Justice Building Blocks
| Course Description | Learning Objectives |
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| Foundational framework for gaining an understanding of the various meanings and the potential impact of DEIJ in various settings. Achieving Health Equity requires developing a shared language that allows people to understand diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice. There are twelve foundational terms: Health Equity, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Justice, Implicit Bias, Microaggressions, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, Cultural Humility, and Cultural Responsiveness. These key terms provide a solid foundation for efforts to further achieve an environment where all feel a sense of belonging and are able to achieve health equity. providing practical This course provides knowledge, insights, and inspiration. | Define the following terms:
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Health Equity
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| The Center for Disease Control states that “Health equity is achieved when every person has the opportunity to attain his or her full health potential and no one is disadvantaged from achieving this potential because of social position or other socially determined circumstances.” The pandemic increased awareness that there is much work to be done. A growing, body of knowledge reveals the complexity of health equity, which includes social determinants of health. The World Health Organization defines social determinants of health to include social, physical, and economic conditions that impact health. | Define Health Equity. Define Social determinants health and their impact on members of the community. Describe innovation strategies organizations have used to mitigate social determinants of health. |
Belonging & Inclusion
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| Creating a culture of belonging and inclusion. Belonging helps learners understand the value of an inclusive environment and cultivate it at all levels of the organization. | Define belonging and inclusion. Identify the value of inclusion for each learner, their team and organization. Each learner will participate in interactive activities, participant-led conversations that address challenges, and strategies for immediate application. |
Workface Development
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| Workforce development is “employment initiatives offered by organizations” that help create, sustain, and retain a viable workforce. The objective of workforce development is to create economic prosperity for individuals, businesses, and communities. Workforce development focuses on an individual’s ability to develop their skills and develop the tools they need for success. This benefits both the employer and the employee. | Define workforce development. Describe outcomes, key performance indicators (KPIs), and metrics to assess the performance of workforce development strategies Provide examples of workforce development. |
