Tuesday 16 May | 11:00-12:15

Format: Presentation
Stream: Building Capability and Leadership

This presentation will address how physician and operational leadership dyad partners can embed equity into leadership practices to engage and empower care teams; create safe environments for meaningful discussions around equity, inclusion and belonging; and make equity discussions part of daily routines with staff and patients to drive equitable care.

After this session, participants will be able to: 

• Apply an equity lens to all facets of running and improving a clinical or support services department


• Engage team members and physicians in psychologically safe conversations about workplace equity


• Identify potential inequities in current care delivery processes and generate solutions to eliminate them

Wendy Korthuis-Smith, Virginia Mason Institute, USA

Alice Forsythe, Virginia Mason Institute, USA