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IHA CERTIFICATE PROGRAM: DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION IN HEALTH CARE PROGRAM OVERVIEW Health care professionals are constantly adapting, evolving, and sharpening clinical skills for the betterment of patients. Look no further than the COVID-19 pandemic. It demanded new thinking and approaches to provide quality patient care. It also brought into full view racial, ethnic and social disparities in health care and the need to understand what diversity, equity, and inclusion mean. Increasing our understanding of the uniqueness of our patients and colleagues by acknowledging what barriers they may have to overcome will better improve health care for all Iowans. This new IHA certificate program is a partnership with Schabel Solutions and IHA’s Committee on Diversity, Health Equity, and Inclusion and is an initiative of its 2022 strategic priorities. The interactive workshops will introduce innovative solutions designed to provide hospital teams a proactive approach for developing a sustainable DEI program in their organization. To earn the IHA DEI Certificate, individuals must participate in and complete all five workshops. Successful completion of IHA’s Certificate Program: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Health Care is not a national DEI certification. PROGRAM DATES This certificate program consists of e-learning modules and five four-hour live sessions. The e-learning modules will convey content while live sessions will recap this content and focus on discussions and applications of knowledge and skills. All live sessions are scheduled from 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Pricing is per individual and not organization. May 2 – Understanding the DEI Journey This session will focus on describing the DEI vocabulary to participants, detailing the stages of the DEI journey and how health care organizations can move forward with DEI initiatives that create an impact. June 13 – Unconscious Bias in the Workplace This session will explore unconscious bias, the impact biases have on decision-making and how health care organizations can mitigate their biases. July 11 – Beyond Diversity: The Business Case for Inclusion This session focuses on how the performance of health care organizations is linked to the effectiveness of their diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. The session will explore how DEI aligns with a health care organizations’ strategic objectives. Aug. 15 – Leading Diverse Teams This session will focus on describing the six traits of inclusive health care leadership, the behaviors and skills, what is required for effectively leading diverse teams. Sept. 12 – Allyship in the Workplace This session will describe what allyship is, the crucial role it plays in sustaining an inclusive health care workplace culture and actions allies can take to support others in the workplace. Claudia Schabel is founder, president and CEO of Schabel Solutions.The firm, Schabel Solutions, has more than 25 years of DEI and human resources practitioner experience, largely with Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 companies. As a diversity and inclusion strategic partner, Schabel Solutions combines DEI expertise with significant international experience and multicultural backgrounds to help organizations address the dangers of unmitigated unconscious bias, untapped talent, missed market opportunities and stagnant innovation. View full conference details. Contact Tori Hanson with questions about this event.
IHA CERTIFICATE PROGRAM: DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION IN HEALTH CARE
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
Health care professionals are constantly adapting, evolving, and sharpening clinical skills for the betterment of patients. Look no further than the COVID-19 pandemic. It demanded new thinking and approaches to provide quality patient care. It also brought into full view racial, ethnic and social disparities in health care and the need to understand what diversity, equity, and inclusion mean. Increasing our understanding of the uniqueness of our patients and colleagues by acknowledging what barriers they may have to overcome will better improve health care for all Iowans.
This new IHA certificate program is a partnership with Schabel Solutions and IHA’s Committee on Diversity, Health Equity, and Inclusion and is an initiative of its 2022 strategic priorities. The interactive workshops will introduce innovative solutions designed to provide hospital teams a proactive approach for developing a sustainable DEI program in their organization.
To earn the IHA DEI Certificate, individuals must participate in and complete all five workshops. Successful completion of IHA’s Certificate Program: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Health Care is not a national DEI certification.
PROGRAM DATES
This certificate program consists of e-learning modules and five four-hour live sessions. The e-learning modules will convey content while live sessions will recap this content and focus on discussions and applications of knowledge and skills.
All live sessions are scheduled from 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
Pricing is per individual and not organization.
May 2 – Understanding the DEI Journey This session will focus on describing the DEI vocabulary to participants, detailing the stages of the DEI journey and how health care organizations can move forward with DEI initiatives that create an impact.
June 13 – Unconscious Bias in the Workplace This session will explore unconscious bias, the impact biases have on decision-making and how health care organizations can mitigate their biases.
July 11 – Beyond Diversity: The Business Case for Inclusion This session focuses on how the performance of health care organizations is linked to the effectiveness of their diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. The session will explore how DEI aligns with a health care organizations’ strategic objectives.
Aug. 15 – Leading Diverse Teams This session will focus on describing the six traits of inclusive health care leadership, the behaviors and skills, what is required for effectively leading diverse teams.
Sept. 12 – Allyship in the Workplace This session will describe what allyship is, the crucial role it plays in sustaining an inclusive health care workplace culture and actions allies can take to support others in the workplace.
Claudia Schabel is founder, president and CEO of Schabel Solutions.The firm, Schabel Solutions, has more than 25 years of DEI and human resources practitioner experience, largely with Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 companies. As a diversity and inclusion strategic partner, Schabel Solutions combines DEI expertise with significant international experience and multicultural backgrounds to help organizations address the dangers of unmitigated unconscious bias, untapped talent, missed market opportunities and stagnant innovation.
View full conference details.
Contact Tori Hanson with questions about this event.