35.077-4 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Professions

• In Event: 35.077 - MTCC Roundtable Session 13

Session Type: Roundtable Session

Abstract

Diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) matters to professions on many levels. Professionals have social status and better odds on continued employment. Social justice therefore requires equitable access to professional ranks. Once recruited, professionals from non-standard backgrounds face hurdles of inclusion within the profession. Lastly, society has a reasonable expectation that the professions paid to serve them reflect the full range of their social diversity. While acknowledged rhetorically for at least three decades, these truths have not been effectively acted on by professions nor society. This symposium examines the question in one illustrative profession, reviews a fault in the underlying change approach, presents a successful interventional program and considers the special situation of digitized education.

Sub Unit

• Division I - Education in the Professions

Chair

• Lynn Curry, Curry Corporation

Papers

• Do We Have a Problem? Underrepresented Racial Minorities in Pharmacy - Antonio A. Bush, Association of American Medical Colleges

• Been There, Done That, Now What? Moving Beyond the Diversity Rhetoric - Kris De Welde, College of Charleston

• Building a Diverse Workforce: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Undergraduate Medical Education - Jane Valentine, King's College London; Steven J Thompson; Anne Christine McKee, King's College London

• Disrupting Disruptions: Nurturing a Pedagogical Culture of Access and Inclusion in the Digital Age - Elspeth McCulloch