DEI: It's not just about the Color of your Skin

Speaker: Karen Stewart, BSRT(R) CV, CRA, CIIP, Penn Medicine Health System

This DEI presentation aims to help the audience understand that diversity is not about forming a team with members of different races or color. We will delve into the multifaceted aspects of diversity beyond skin color. It begins by providing an understanding of diversity exploring the various dimensions of DEI including race, gender, sexual orientation, age, abilities, and socioeconomic backgrounds. It then moves to discuss how embracing diversity enhances employee engagement, foster innovation and strengthens relationships between employees as well as staff and patient. The presentation will address simple but affect ways to create a diverse and inclusive team. The presentation will offer the audience time to share their experiences on implementing DEI both success and failures. In closing the participants will be encouraged to commit to ongoing efforts in promoting DEI in their health systems.