Diversity Project Kickoff: Diversity in Health Care

Introduction. The Necessity for a Diversity Project

Promotion of the population’s access to healthcare services.

The outcomes of culturally competent:

• The better public acceptance of nurses;
• Meaningful client-provider communication.

Aims of the Project

• Forming a Workforce Diversity Council.
• Appointing a person responsible for the inclusiveness policy.
• Raising the committee’s awareness.
• Determining procedures stimulating interdisciplinary cooperation.

Composition of the Workforce Diversity Council

Decision-making Branch:

• Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
• Head of Nursing Staff

Executive Branch:

• Nurse
• Physician
• One resident

Responsibilities of the Council

1. Ensure an appropriate employment process.
2. Assist the clinic’s directors.
3. Train employees on diversity issues.
4. Maintain observance of diversity and inclusion standards.
5. Assess the strategy’s efficacy.

Interprofessional Collaboration Development

• Brainstorming:
• Starbursting:

• • rapid ideation;
  • mind mapping.

• The whiteboard challenge.

Characteristics of an Inclusive Workplace

• The representation of persons of different racial, sex, and age affiliations.
• Providing all members with a voice.
• Diverse workers occupy leading positions.
• Ongoing training and in-service sessions.

Benefits of a Diverse Workforce

Diverse workforce demonstrate:

• better performance and creativity;
• fewer barriers to patients’ access to health services.

An example – Main Line Health:

• Enhanced the diversity of its board;
• Improved the communities’ healthcare access.

Conclusion

The presentation has demostrated:

• The need for a diversity project;
• The central objectives of the project;
• The composition of the Workforce Diversity Council;
• Means to facilitate interprofessional cooperation;
• The characteristics and benefits of an inclusive workplace.

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