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Glossary & Sources

Glossary

URiM: underrepresented in medicine.
IDEA: inclusion, diversity, equity, and accessibility
HR: Human Resources
DEI: diversity, equity, and inclusion
Universal Design: an educational framework based on research in the learning sciences, including cognitive neuroscience, that guides the development of flexible learning environments and learning spaces that can accommodate individual learning differences.
Disaggregated data: In education, disaggregation refers to the breaking down of student data into smaller groupings, often based on characteristics such as sex, family income, or racial/ethnic group. Disaggregated data can be a powerful tool for identifying and confronting the barriers to access and progress faced by populations of students.

Sources

Definitions
1. CSSP (2019). “Key Equity Terms and Concepts: A Glossary for Shared Understanding.” Washington, DC: Center for the Study of Social Policy. Available at: https://cssp.org/resource/key-equity-terms-concepts/.
2. https://www.ferris.edu/administration/president/DiversityOffice/Definitions.htm
3. https://cue.usc.edu/equity/
4. Okanagan Charter: An International Charter for Health Promoting Universities and Colleges (2015).
https://open.library.ubc.ca/cIRcle/collections/53926/items/1.0132754

Educational Equity
1. https://educationnorthwest.org/insights/importance-basic-needs-services-postsecondary-student-success
2. https://www.aafp.org/family-physician/patient-care/the-everyone-project/health-equity-tools.html
3. https://store.aamc.org/downloadable/download/sample/sample_id/512/
4. U.S. Department of Education, Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development and Office of the Under Secretary, Advancing Diversity and Inclusion in Higher Education, Washington, D.C., 2016. This report is available at http://www2.ed.gov/rschstat/research/pubs/advancing-diversity-inclusion.pdf

Supportive Learning Environment
1. https://diversity.universityofcalifornia.edu/files/anti-racism-and-race-literacy---a-primer-and-toolkit-for-medical-educators_june-2020.pdf

Inclusive University Culture
1. https://together.fullerton.edu/_resources/pdfs/CSUF-Division-DEI-Plans.pdf

Promoting Health Equity in Clinical Care
1. https://www.managementcenter.org/equity-inclusion/
2. https://health.ucdavis.edu/diversity-inclusion/PDFs/IDARE-Taskforce-SOM-toolkit.pdf