EDI (Equality, Diversity and Inclusion) ensures fair treatment and opportunity for all. It aims to eradicate prejudice and discrimination on the basis of an individual or group of individual's protected characteristics.
Explore the resources on this page to ensure you understand what this means for you.
This short YouTube video highlights the discrimination that people face, the assumptions people make, microaggressions, the need for a more inclusive working environment and reminds us all of our responsibility to change this.
This 3 minute you tube video, created by John Lewis Partnership, reminds everyone what is and is not acceptable when meeting someone from a ethnically diverse background
This 18 min documentary about Racism in the NHS is important to watch
This discussion, facilitated by Rachel Moses (Head of Clinical Leadership at the NHS Leadership Academy, is really important to listen to – it shares lived experiences of students from ethnically diverse, LGBTQIA+ and disability backgrounds we recommend watching the whole webinar when you can but have identified key areas below.
Observed discrimination/ Culture in the placement setting 15:20 – 18:30
Disability/ Reasonable adjustments 18:35 – 20:40 ; 29:10 – 33:50 and 33:50 – 39:15
Sexuality/ Sexual orientation 20:40 – 24:50
Accents/ Language 24:50 – 29:10 and 53:30 – 57:35
Race/ Raising concerns – 39:15 – 49:30
Intersectionality, Belonging and choice of university 49:30 – 53:30
Implicit bias in educators 57:35 – 58.35
Student trauma and impact of discrimination 58:35 – 1:07:00
Student discussion/ suggestions for improvement: 1:07:00 – 1:54:15
This short video will help you understand the understand privilege and allyship
It is really important that you are aware of the biases that you have, both conscious and unconscious. This tool is a really useful way to help you reflect.
Click on the website on the left which will take you to the AHP Minoritised Group website. This website has information about events, meetings and lots of further resources.