2025 Equity Forward Faculty Workshops

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The workshop series ‘Building Foundational Knowledge in Health Equity and Cultivating Inclusive Learning,’ is designed to educate faculty, fellows, residents, and staff on fundamental principles that promote equitable and inclusive learning, clinical, and admin environments, offering core insights and practical strategies.

All MedStar and GUMC Faculty, Fellows, Residents, and Staff are invited to participate by registering to the specific workshop to receive the calendar invitation with the Zoom link.

Participants can join at any time any of the workshops listed as each session is independent and addresses one or both of the following tracks: 

  • 1) Foundational Knowledge in Health Equity (F)
  • 2) Teaching & Learning Environment (T)

Certificate of Completion on Teaching for Inclusion and Equity and CE Credits available: Participants who attend and complete any 6 or more workshops of the series listed below will receive a CE credit w

Materials from workshops will be shared on the Equity Forward Faculty website: https://centerforhealthequity.georgetown.edu/equity-forward-faculty-campaign/

Overall Workshop Series Objectives

  1. Critically analyze historical and contemporary factors contributing to health inequities and their subsequent impact on diverse communities. 
  2. Apply skills to create and sustain inclusive learning environments that promote psychological safety, actively address biases, and facilitate dialogue on inclusion and belonging. 
  3. Integrate equity-centered teaching and assessment practices regularly to foster respect, trust, and accountability for diverse learners and communities.

This workshop series is sponsored by GU Center for Health Equity, GUMC Racial Justice Curriculum Reform Subcommittee, GUSOM Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Center for New Designs in Learning & Scholarship (CNDLS), Medstar Georgetown University Hospital Department of Family Medicine, Center for Innovation & Leadership Education (CENTILE), FDC Subcommittee on Faculty Diversity & Inclusion, & Medstar Working Group for Racial Justice.

IMPORTANT DATES

Jan 14, 2025
12:00 PM ET
Addressing Disability Health Inequities
Jan 29, 2025
12:00 PM ET
Community-Building in the Clinical Learning Environment Via Psychological Safety and Restorative Justice
Feb 6, 2025
12:00 PM ET
Climate Change, Environmental Degradation and Health Equity
Feb 11, 2025
5:30 PM ET
Critiquing the Status Quo: The Overlooked Component of the Health Equity Agenda
Feb 26, 2025
12:00 PM ET
Addressing Weight Bias in Clinical Conversations
Mar 6, 2025
5:30 PM ET
Advancing Health Equity: Confronting Workforce Disparities and Pathways to Action
Mar 11, 2025
12:00 PM ET
Stigma in Medicine: The Power of Language
Mar 26, 2025
5:30 PM ET
Structure for Debriefing Microaggressions in the Learning Environment
April 8, 2025
12:00 PM ET
Cross Cultural Challenges in Healthcare and the Learning Environment
April 23, 2025
5:30 PM ET
Apologizing When You’ve Done Harm in the Learning Environment
May 6, 2025
12:00 PM ET
Trauma Informed Pedagogy
May 21, 2025
5:30 PM ET
Language Access Services and Health Equity
Jun 3, 2025
5:30 PM ET
History of DC and Health Inequities
Jun 18, 2025
12:00 PM ET
Strategies for Managing Bias and Discrimination in the Classroom
Jun 26, 2025
12:00 PM ET
Medical-Legal Partnership: Using Law & Policy to Advance Health Equity & Expand Interprofessional Learning
July 8, 2025
12:00 PM ET
Strategies for Equity in Assessment in Narrative Comments
July 23, 2025
12:00 PM ET
Ensuring Equity, Inclusion & Diversity in Education & Research: Correct Use of Race and Ethnicity
Aug 5, 2025
12:00 PM ET
Equitable Global Health Engagement
Aug 20, 2025
5:30 PM ET
Foundational Principles for Equity in Assessment in Health Professions Education