"Showing up to the conversation": Qualitative reflections from a diversity, equity, and inclusion book club with emergency medicine leadership.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in health care fosters many positive outcomes including improved patient care. DEI initiatives are often created by or require buy-in from departmental leaders with low DEI literacy. Book clubs are one way to develop DEI literacy. The purpose of this paper is to describe how leaders in the department of emergency medicine (DEM) process the information gained from reading a DEI book through discussion in a book club setting and explore how participation enhances their DEI literacy and fosters self-reflection.

Methods

This was a qualitative exploratory study based on a constructivist approach. Data were analyzed by four researchers using inductive thematic analysis techniques.

Results

Sixty-eight leaders within the DEM p

SUBMITTER: Alexander AB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11816006 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature