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Contemporary Topics

Creating an Inclusive Environment

Saturday, October 26, 2024
1:30 PM – 3:45 PM  
Location: 101ab

Sponsored by ACVS Practice Partner and Premier Sponsor
ACVS MOC

There is mounting evidence that diverse teams improve work outcomes. Diversity without inclusiveness likely will create challenges and may negate benefits for teams. During this seminar, attendees learn about and examine unconscious biases and how this can help to create a more inclusive environment.

Learning Objectives:

  • To be able to define unconscious bias
  • To be able to describe how unconscious bias can negatively affect workplace interactions
  • To describe strategies on how to deal with your own unconscious biases in an effort to create an inclusive environment

Presentations:

  • 1:30 PM – 3:05 PM  
    How to Create an Inclusive Environment: Outsmarting Your Unconscious Bias Benefits Your Practice and Your Colleagues!

    Guest Speaker: Teresa Graham Brett, JD (she/her/hers) – University of Arizona College of Veterinary Medicine

  • 3:05 PM – 3:45 PM  
    Panel Discussion: How Unconscious Bias Has Affected My Career

    Speaker: Brittany Veerasammy, BVM&S, MS, MRCVS (she/her/hers) – University of Tennessee

    Speaker: Courtney A. Campbell, DVM, DACVS (Small Animal) (he/him/his) – Locum Surgeon

    Speaker: Laura Mitterman, VMD, DACVS (Small Animal) (they/them/theirs) – Dogs and Cats Emergency and Specialty