Drawing strength from the diversity of our students, faculty, staff, and alumni is a core value of UCLA. At the Center for Prehospital Care, we strive to be inclusive, responsible, and responsive to the diverse needs of those we serve, including our students, our faculty and staff, and the communities in which we all live. With our graduates serving on the front line of medical care throughout Southern California and beyond, we owe nothing less to them, and to you.
Below are a collection of University resources that can help develop more inclusive classroom environments, as well as a growing set of resources specific to EMS and healthcare. If you have other resources we should include here, or other suggestions on making our programs more inclusive, please contact us at cpc@mednet.ucla.edu, or contact any of our program managers.
Institutional Resources
- UCLA Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
- David Geffen School of Medicine Equity and Diversity Inclusion
- UCLA Health: Health Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
- UCLA Alumni Diversity Programs & Initiatives
Educator Resources
- Inclusive Pedagogy talk by Vice Chancellor Jerry Kang
- Inclusive Teaching for Diverse Classrooms - STEM teaching resources
- Diversity in the Classroom (pdf) - UCLA faculty development publication for diversity inclusion in campus classrooms
- Creating a Positive Classroom Climate for Diversity (pdf) - UCLA faculty development publication with specific actions faculty can take to foster learning success in diverse classrooms
EMS- and Healthcare-Specific Resources
- Why diversity matters in EMS, by David Page
- Cultural Competencies in EMS, by Valerie Amato
- How a diverse EMS workforce bridges cultural divides, by Art Hsieh
- Supporting a resilient and diverse EMS workforce, NAEMT Annual Report
- EHR Data Reveals Racial Disparities in Emergency Pain Treatment, by Jessica Kent
- Disparities Podcast Series, Movement is Life
- Implicit Bias and Cultural Sensitivity: Effects on Clinical and Practice Management, ACEP
- South Los Angeles Health Equity Score Card, by Community Health Councils in association with UCLA
- Spent - an online interactive activity exploring disparities around socioeconomic status
- ACE Response - resources for recognizing and responding to childhood trauma and adverse childhood experiences that can persist into adulthood
- How childhood trauma affects health across a lifetime - TED talk by Nadine Burke