Diversity and Inclusivity: Creating a Healthy Workplace

At the completion of this educational activity, the learner will be able to:

1. List five (5) identities that mark a diverse population.
2. Choose four (4) ways to promote inclusion in the healthcare setting.
3. Identify three (3) ways healthcare workers (HCWs) can reduce control biases

At the completion of this educational activity, the learner will demonstrate knowledge about creating healthy work environments through increasing awareness of diversity and improving practices of inclusiveness by passing a quiz with a score of 85% or greater accuracy.

Don Gordon, BS, MDiv, DMin

Don is the founder and CEO of Christians Caring for Creation, Inc. and currently serves as Adjunct Professor of Religion at Lenoir-Rhyne University. Prior to that he served for 35 years in pastoral ministry in Virginia and North Carolina. He earned a Doctor of Ministry degree from Columbia Theological Seminary (PCUSA), a M.Div. from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, and a B.S. in Mathematics from Campbell University. Don has authored several books in the fields of church history, spiritual formation and children’s religious education. He has served on the Board of Trustees for Campbell University in North Carolina and currently serves on the Board of Directors for Good Faith Media in Oklahoma. Don has spent countless hours offering spiritual care in hospitals, hospice care facilities, nursing homes and assisted living facilities with many people he knew well or not at all, including his mother who lived for five years in such an environment.