These resources are intended to help groups and individuals across campus learn more about matters related to diversity, equity and inclusion.
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Policies and statements
- Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
- Anti-Discrimination and Anti-Bias Policies (WashU)
- Commitment to Culture Change (WashU Medicine Leadership)
- Diversity Statement (WashU Medicine)
- Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Policy (WashU HR)
- OutMed for Patients (WashU Medicine) – Patient rights resources and patient guides
- Sample accessibility statement and land acknowledgement statement (WashU Medicine)
- Students with Disabilities Policy (WashU Medicine)
Reports and data
- Diversity Engagement Survey: Summary and Findings (WashU)
- Diversity in Medicine: Facts and figures in U.S. medical education and physician workforce (AAMC)
- Pre-Faculty Development of Diverse Trainees (PDF) – 2020 BNGAP report on promising and best practices
Campus spaces and events
- ADA accommodation process (WashU HR)
- Desegregation history of WashU Medicine – Installations and exhibitions
- Single Occupant Restrooms Program (WashU Medicine)
- Lactation Room Program (WashU Medicine)
- Sample accessibility statement and land acknowledgement statement for events
Education and development
Guides and resources
- Being an ally (The Anti-Oppression Network)
- Communicating across cultures
- Desegregation history of WashU Medicine – Installations and exhibitions
- Facilitating group discussion (PDF)
- Unconscious bias in academic medicine (AAMC) – Unconscious Bias Resources for Health Professionals
- Implicit Bias Test (Project Implicit / Harvard University)
- Inclusivity Style Guide (American Chemical Society)
- Respecting ethnic names – A guide by Anparasan Sivakumaran
- Six techniques for speaking up (PDF)
Training and education programs
- Anesthesiology Summer Research Fellowship (ASSURE) – Provides underrepresented minority college students from the St. Louis area opportunities to engage in basic, clinical, and/or translational research projects
- Equity Champions program – WashU Medicine ODEI program for staff and faculty to help implement the Equity-Centered Culture Change curriculum in departments
- Listing Mentoring Activity on Research Profiles (Becker Medical Library)
- Residents and Fellows Diversity Initiative (RFDI) – A program of the Barnes-Jewish Hospital Foundation
- Recordings of events hosted by the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
- Training classes offered by the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Anti-racism resources
- “The Anti-Racist Starter Pack: 40 TV Series, Documentaries, Movies, TED Talks, and Books to Add to Your List” by Brea Baker via Parade
- “Finding Well-Being and Black Joy When the World Is on Fire” by Erica Chidi via Vogue
- “26 ways to be in the struggle, beyond the streets” via Disability Visibility Project
- Equity Champions program – WashU Medicine ODEI program for staff and faculty to help implement the Equity-Centered Culture Change curriculum in departments
Anti-racism books
Several of the books listed below are available on campus in Becker Library:
See the anti-racism collection at Becker Library »
- Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People, Mahzarin R. Banaji and Anthony G. Greenwald
- Colorblind Racism, Meghan Burke
- How to Be an Antiracist, Ibram X. Kendi
- Racist America: Roots, Current Realities and Future Reparations, Joe R. Feagin and Kimberley Ducey
- White Fragility, Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism, Robin DiAngelo
- Witnessing Whiteness: The Need to Talk About Race and How to Do It , Second Edition, Shelly Tochluk
- The Anti-Racist Reading List – Features Black authors
Recruitment and hiring
Networking
National Organizations
- Hispanic – Serving Health Professions Schools (HSHPS)
- Student Doctor Network – Forum for students and doctors underrepresented in health care
- Black Men in White Coats – Nonprofit whose purpose is to increase diversity in medical professions by supporting the future development of Black physicians
WashU Faculty, Staff, and Trainee Groups:
- OUTmed (WashU Medicine)
- APIDA (Asian Pacific Islander Desi American) WashU(WashU)
- African American/Black Faculty Staff Cabinet Affinity Group (WashU)
- Chavurah (WashU)
- SOMOS WashU (WashU)
Professional organizations
- AAMC Group on Diversity and Inclusion
- American Medical Women’s Association
- Asian-Pacific American Medical Student Association (APAMSA)
- Association of Black Women Physicians
- The Society of Black Academic Surgeons
- American Association of Latino Orthopaedic Surgeons
- Association of American Indian Physicians
- Indian Health Service
- National Medical Association
- Association of Native American Medical Students
- Latino Medical Student Association
- The Student National Medical Association
- National Council of Asian Pacific Islander Physicians
Colleges and universities serving populations underrepresented in medicine
- Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs):