Associate Professor Jennifer Lucero, MD, has been appointed as an UCSF Differences Matter Community Ambassador. UCSF’s School of Medicine Differences Matter Initiative aims to improve diversity, equity and inclusion at UCSF.
In this role, Dr. Lucero will play an important role in supporting, advocating and championing the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion trainings of 1000+ faculty and sustaining the ongoing learning once faculty are trained. Ongoing dialogue and coaching will be vital to leading culture change and sustaining the work already done in this area. Specifically, she will:
- Encourage faculty, trainees and staff at your site to attend a 1-day DEI certificate training session
- Serve as coaches for faculty, learners and staff who have completed the DEI certificate 1-day trainings with our Ambassador Trainers.
- Communicate with Ambassador Trainers about site specific issues and questions that arise
- Host quarterly roundtable discussions at your site, inviting faculty, learners, and staff who have completed the 1-day DEI certificate trainings with our Ambassador Trainers, to have brave conversations, and discuss questions raised post-training
- Explain the Differences Matter initiative, goals and metrics
- Describe to others the negative impact of personal and institutional [structural/systematic] bias/racism on health [patients, workforce, institution and society]
- Encourage others to recognize and reflect on personal privileges and biases, both conscious and unconscious
- Develop ability to recognize and begin a dialogue about conscious and unconscious bias, and discrimination
- Support others to intervene in the moment
- Help faculty to debrief and respond to microaggressions
The UCSF School of Medicine is committed to achieving health equity in the population and creating a diverse health care workforce that finds satisfaction and fulfillment in their chosen fields. We believe that differences do matter and that it is our responsibility to rectify a history of systematic inequality. Our goal is to train UCSF School of Medicine faculty in equity pedagogy and inclusive teaching to improve the culture of diversity, inclusion and equity. This culture will enhance the learning environment and enable faculty and learners to more effectively address health and health care disparities, and improve patient outcomes.