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DIVR-Disparities/Diversity

CDEV-Career Development/Leadership

SIS: Enhancing Diversity and Inclusion in Hiring

Sunday, May 18, 2025
2:30 PM – 4:00 PM  
Location: Colorado Convention Center, Room 703
CE: 1.50 AAPA Category 1 CME
Ticketed - Complimentary
Registration required, complimentary ticket
This session will present strategies for equitable hiring processes. Facilitators will provide recommendations for mitigating bias during hiring and candidate-search processes, engage participants with specific strategies and tools, share results and lessons learned, and guide others to evaluate their own opportunities and challenges in conducting more equitable searches.

Note: This session requires separate registration and has limited seating. Sign up when you register for conference.

Additional Author: Jacquetta Woods Melvin, MPH, PA-C;
Disclosure: No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose within the past 24 months

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of this session, participants should be able to:
  • Discuss the evidence supporting the need for diversification of healthcare providers
  • Analyze traditional and innovative hiring processes
  • Describe the importance of mitigating bias in hiring
  • Utilize tools and strategies for reducing bias and increasing equity in searches