Training

Training & professional development

The focus of our training is to support members of the WashU Medicine community in developing greater awareness, understanding, and skills for positive culture change that leads to the best outcomes for our students, patients, staff, and faculty.. Our offerings are open to all WashU Medicine community members, and participation is voluntary.

Our training and education programs are designed to give participants the tools to:

• Center relationships and humanity by working together to create a climate of mutual respect in the workplace
• Attract and develop a talented student body and workforce
• Recognize the importance of creating a supportive environment for optimal learning, working, and patient care
• Address the unconscious bias that can contribute  to health disparities

 We offer some sessions over Zoom and some sessions in-person. We only do hybrid sessions by request and with additional planning.

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1.0 – 4.0: Fundamentals of Inclusive Excellence

This series of four one-hour training sessions introduces participants to the fundamentals of Inclusive Excellence and creating a supportive culture. .Employees are welcome to attend open sessions offered every other month. In addition, departments, programs and other business units may request group training.

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Manager training

Unconscious Bias Training for Managers is designed to develop skills needed to attract, hire and retain a diverse workforce and to create a climate where all staff is encouraged to develop their talents and ideas.

• New Manager Orientation

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Equity-Centered Culture Change curriculum & Equity Champions program

The Equity-Centered Culture Change curriculum is a professional development program covering concepts related to addressing differential health outcomes and fostering  health equity in the communities we serve. Tailored to the participant’s role and responsibilities, his curriculum is a deeper dive into the ways we can promote culture change to achieve health equity.  While participation in this curriculum is voluntary, it builds on the foundational concepts covered in the Diversity 1.0 – 4.0 training modules and therefore the fundamental courses are pre-requites for the Equity-Centered Culture Change curriculum.

The Equity Champions program institutes department-supported faculty and staff positions to help facilitate the implementation of the Equity Centered Culture Change curriculum. The faculty and staff in this role receive professional development to support their competency in leading discussions and training around equity and culture change within their department. Champions serve for a minimum two-year term, with the potential to be invited to continue.

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Topic-specific training modules

School of Medicine diversity, equity and inclusion leaders also facilitate additional topic-specific presentations for groups on the following:

• Communication Across Cultures
• Generations in the Workplace
• Cultural Awareness
• “isms”
• Unconscious Bias
• Disabilities 1.0 – Disability in the Workplace:  A Guide to Inclusion

These training modules can be reserved using the Training Request Form. 

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Customized training

Our team is dedicated to providing training and professional development that is relevant to our learner’s and their work environments. Therefore, we arehappy to work with your group to discuss developing customized training. Please contact us at MedDEI@wustl.edu.