Name
D10 - Heal Thyself
Date & Time
Thursday, October 16, 2025, 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
Location Name
305B
Description
Restorative Justice approach to addressing bias in healthcare settings.
Speakers
Shahida Fareed PsyD, MPH, MBBS, Director of Behavioral Health, UMass Memorial and UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA
Jennifer Bradford MD, Director of Social Justice and Inclusion, UMass Memorial Health, Worcester, MA
Jennifer Bradford MD, Director of Social Justice and Inclusion, UMass Memorial Health, Worcester, MA
Content Level
All Audience
Tags
Cultural Safety and Humility, Social justice or DEI
Session Type
Concurrent
Objective 1
Learn basic principles of Restorative Justice approach.
Objective 2
Understand the phrases microaggression, implicit bias, and racism
Objective 3
Learn to implement a reporting system to document microaggression and bias in an academic health center.
Content Reference 1
Camara Phyllis Jones, MD, MPH, PhD, Levels of Racism: A Theoretic Framework. and a Gardener’s Tale(Am J Public Health. 2000;90:1212–1215)
Content Reference 2
Tool: Interrupting Macroaggressions. Adapted from Kenney, G. (2014). Interrupting Macroaggressions, College of the Holy Cross, Diversity Leadership & Education. Accessed on-line, October 2014.
Content Reference 3
Vela MB, Erondu AI, Smith NA, Peek ME, Woodruff JN, Chin MH. Eliminating Explicit and Implicit Biases in Health Care: Evidence and Research Needs. Annu Rev Public Health. 2022;43:477-501. doi:10.1146/annurev-publhealth-052620-103528