Diversity & Inclusion at the UVM College of Medicine
Culturegrams are meant to provide short, informative overviews of several of the cultures within our community.
Teaching & Learning Resources
"I try to learn as much as I can because I know nothing compared to what I need to know."
-Muhammad Ali
-Muhammad Ali
We promote professional development and facilitate collaborative efforts across UVM to increase recruitment, retention and advancement of diverse faculty and staff.
Health Disparities
- Today's Topics in Health Disparities- This webcast examines the Department of Health and Human Services' Action Plan to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities- From the Kaiser Family Foundation
Cultural Competency
- A Physician's Practical Guide to Culturally Competent Care- U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
- Cultural Competence Education (PDF)- AAMC
- Tool for Assessing Cultural Competence- AAMC
- Cultural Competency for Health Care Providers (PDF)- Champlain Valley AHEC
Racial and Ethnic Diversity
- Teaching in Racially Diverse Classrooms (PDF)- Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, Harvard University
- Boosting Minorities in Science (PDF)- Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, Harvard University
- Diversity & Inclusive Excellence- AACU
Women in the Classroom
- Women, Minorities and People with Disabilities in Science and Engineering- National Science Foundation
- Sensitivity to Women in the Contemporary Classroom (PDF)-Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, Harvard University
LGBTQ People in the Classroom
- LGBT Inclusion in the Curriculum & Beyond (PDF)- UC San Francisco
- LGBT Institutional Self Assessment (PDF)- UC San Francisco
- Sociocultural Determinants of Health in Medical Education Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Disparities and Inequities (PDF)- Hector Vargas, Executive Director Gay & Lesbian Medical Association (GLMA) and Shane Snowdon, Director LGBT Resource Center University of California, San Francisco
- Joint AAMC-GSA and AAMC-OSR Recommendations regarding Institutional Programs and Educational Activities to Address the Needs of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender (GLBT) Students and Patients (PDF)- AAMC-GSA
Teaching Accomodations
Inclusion in the Classroom
- Creating Inclusive College Classrooms- Shari Saunders and Diana Kardia, Center for Research on Learning and Teaching
Non-Traditional Medical Students
- Non-Traditional Medical Students and the Future of Medicine (PDF)- Sandeep Jauhar, M.D., Ph.D., n engl j med 359;3
- Non-Traditional Medical Students Can Flourish in Primary Care (PDF)- Barbara Bein, Amer. Academy of Family Physicians
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