TWELVE TIPS FOR MAKING TEACHING MORE EQUITABLE AND INCLUSIVE

Twelve Tips for Making Teaching More Equitable and Inclusive

Tip 1: Accept that one can be both an expert and a learner in an area of expertise

Tip 2: Critically examine your objectivity, your profession, and your content

Tip 3: Deliberately consider the biases inherent in pattern recognition based on archetypal

Tip 4: Role model receptiveness to feedback

Tip 5: Role model lifelong learning

Tip 6: Reflect back to clarify the target of feedback and critique

Tip 7: Help students communicate effectively about emotional topics

Tip 8: Embrace mistakes as on opportinuty for growth

Tip 9: Use the term “risk factor” advisedly

Tip 10: Intentionally discuss the sociopolitical, economic, and environmental factors that affect the health outcomes of patients and populations

Tip 11: Start small – explicitly incorporate a critical approach to material

Tip 12: Practice self-care and self- compassion

Additional Resources

CLIMEcasts | Do No Harm: An Introduction to Equitable Teaching with Amanda Kost, MD, MEd, Edwin Lindo, JD, and Roberto Montenegro, MD, PhD

CLIMEcasts| Do No Harm: Equitable Teaching Practices (Part 2) with Amanda Kost, MD, MEd, Edwin Lindo, JD, and Roberto Montenegro, MD, PhD