Visualizing diversity: the Oregon Health & Science University Educational Use Photo Diversity Repository.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Health science education needs images that represent both the diversity of patients served and the diversity of its students and clinicians. To begin to address this need, a nurse educator and librarian collaborated to launch the Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) Educational Use Photo Diversity Repository. This online resource provides educators of health professional students with access to photos of pathophysiological conditions in skin of various colors so their students can increase their awareness of issues related to health and diversity and prepare themselves for more effective clinical work with their future patients.

Case presentation

The OHSU Educational Use Photo Diversity Repository became a university-wide project, leveraging the thoughts of a

SUBMITTER: Pierce P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8485945 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature