The Stanford Medicine 5th Annual Diversity and Inclusion Forum, hosted by the Office of Diversity in Medical Education, will highlight innovative workshops developed by residents and fellows across Stanford Graduate Medical Education programs, with their educational mentors, who have participated in the 2021-2022 cohort of the Leadership Education in Advancing Diversity (LEAD) Program.

The Diversity & Inclusion Forum will be an enriching opportunity for faculty, trainees, students, postdocs, staff, and community members to learn tools and strategies to enable them to become effective change agents for diversity, equity, and inclusion in medical education.

Cost: Free

Credits: (3.50 hours), Non-Physician Participation Credit (3.50 hours)

Credit Designation: American Medical Association (AMA). Stanford Medicine designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 3.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Target Audience: All Specialties

Additional Information: https://med.stanford.edu/odme/residents-and-fellows/lead/diversity-and-inclusion-forum.html

AGENDA

7:30 – 8:00am: Continental Breakfast & Coffee

8:00 – 8:10am: Welcome Remarks

8:10 – 9:15am: Keynote

9:15 – 9:30am: Break

9:30 – 10:45am: Session 1 Workshops* (5 concurrent workshops):

*Workshop descriptions, learning objectives, and authors can be found here.

• Finding Comfort in Discomfort: Embracing Vulnerability in Difficult Conversations about Privilege and Disparity
• A Potluck of Powers: Valuing Individual Strengths to Promote Collective Team Growth
• Is the Real Doctor Coming? How to Respond to Microaggressions and Patient Bias in Care Team Interactions
• Lost in Translation: A Practical Guide to Overcome Barriers to Advance Language Equity for Limited- and non-English Speaking Patients
• Decoding the Reference Letter: Strategies to Reduce Unintentional Gender Bias in Letters of Recommendation

10:45 – 11:00am: Break

11:00am – 12:15pm: Session 2 Workshops* (5 concurrent workshops):

• Dismantling Professionalism: Recognizing Bias in the Prevailing Notions of Professionalism and Finding a More Inclusive Way Forward
• Hearing the Healers: Exploring Gendered Experiences of Burnout through Collective Reflection
• A Galaxy of Genders: Incorporating Humility in Patient Encounters with Gender Diverse Patients
• A World Without Disabling Forces: Creating an Inclusive Environment for Medical Trainees
• Micro Corrections for Micro Aggressions

12:15-1:00pm: Community Building Lunch (LKSC Herb Garden)

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:

We are pleased to have Dr. Devika Bhushan, MD, FAAP, Acting California Surgeon General, join us as our keynote speaker.

Dr. Devika Bhushan is an equity-focused pediatrician and public health practitioner with expertise in adversity and resilience, toxic stress, trauma-informed systems, mental health, gender equity, and structural and social determinants of health. She currently serves as California’s Acting Surgeon General—focusing on three key priorities: Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), early childhood development and health equity. Previously, Dr. Bhushan served as the inaugural Chief Health Officer of the Office of the California Surgeon General where she supported the launch of the ACEs Aware Initiative, an unprecedented state initiative which offers Medi-Cal providers training, screening tools, clinical protocols, and payment for screening children and adults for ACEs. She lives in San Francisco with her long-time partner and their son.

For those unable to attend in person, you may register here to watch the keynote online via Zoom Webinar

Please note, workshops are in-person only and registration is required to participate.