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Diversity Dialogue is a 3-h workshop designed and piloted by the Center for Diversity, Department of Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). Since 2010, Center members have conducted Diversity Dialogues with mental health clinicians, medical specialty professionals, psychiatry residents, and medical students. Our mission is to offer a professionally facilitated safe environment for sharing personal stories and experiences with the goal of enhancing relationships, tolerance and ability in a community.
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Appendix: Post-Dialogue Evaluation Survey
Appendix: Post-Dialogue Evaluation Survey
Department | Staff | Admin | |||||||
Gender | Female | Male | Trans | ||||||
Q1Diversity training is relevant to my current practice | |||||||||
Strongly disagree | Somewhat disagree | Neither disagree or agree | Somewhat agree | Strongly agree | |||||
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Q2Diversity training is relevant to my professional relationships | |||||||||
Strongly disagree | Somewhat disagree | Neither disagree or agree | Somewhat agree | Strongly agree | |||||
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Q3I feel confident dealing with patients\people of a background different than myself | |||||||||
Strongly disagree | Somewhat disagree | Neither disagree or agree | Somewhat agree | Strongly agree | |||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||||
Q4Compared to other trainings/lectures, diversity/cultural sensitivity | |||||||||
Is as important | |||||||||
Strongly disagree | Somewhat disagree | Neither disagree or agree | Somewhat agree | Strongly agree | |||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||||
Q5I am a culturally confident clinician\person | |||||||||
Strongly disagree | Somewhat disagree | Neither disagree or agree | Somewhat agree | Strongly agree | |||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||||
Q6My professional training has adequately trained me to participate in the care of patients of diverse backgrounds | |||||||||
Strongly disagree | Somewhat disagree | Neither disagree or agree | Somewhat agree | Strongly agree | |||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||||
Q7My department\supervisors\colleagues encourage cultural discussions | |||||||||
Strongly disagree | Somewhat disagree | Neither disagree or agree | Somewhat agree | Strongly agree | |||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||||
Q8Have you had diversity/cross cultural trainings in the past? | |||||||||
No | Not sure | Yes | |||||||
Q9Why & how is understanding diversity important? | |||||||||
Q10What did you expect from today's dialogue and were your expectations met? | |||||||||
Q11Was this diversity dialogue useful and which part of it was most helpful? What stands out for you that you heard\learned today? | |||||||||
Q12How could we make this dialogue more relevant and helpful to your experience in your Department? | |||||||||
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Sharon, E., Emmerich, A., Parekh, R. (2014). Diversity Dialogue: An Innovative Model for Diversity Training. In: Parekh, R. (eds) The Massachusetts General Hospital Textbook on Diversity and Cultural Sensitivity in Mental Health. Current Clinical Psychiatry. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8918-4_8
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