Oral Health Workforce Wellbeing and Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB)

The completion of this course will result in a digital badge in Public Oral Health: Oral Health Workforce Wellbeing and Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB). The course consists of six modules which provide participants with the knowledge, comprehension, and application of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) and Oral Health Workforce Wellbeing. This course is applicable to health professionals, community health workers and administrators, and individuals pursuing careers in dentistry and oral health. This course aims to deepen students' knowledge of how diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging relate to the field of healthcare. It will give a general overview of how these ideas affect both individual and community health, as well as how healthcare professionals can help DEIB have a positive impact on outcomes. We will consider diversity in its broadest meaning. However, our focus will be exploring diversity in culture, race, ethnicity, gender, ability, socioeconomics, and sexual orientation. During this exploration, capacity to promote workforce wellbeing will be presented. A focus on ethics and professionalism, as inextricably linked to DEI and ideal patient and oral health team member outcomes, will be centered throughout. The goals of this course are to increase our appreciation of and advocacy for DEI in health care.