The Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Patient Engagement and Healthcare Communication symposium connects like-minded scholars and University community members as we discuss shared interest in improving healthcare in ways that promote inclusion and equity through provider-patient communication. This event features two keynote speakers who are experts in patient-provider communication with racially diverse patients. Their scholarship both documents and theorizes about how racism manifests in interactions between providers and their patients, exacerbating health inequities, and focuses on interventions to improve patient-provider communication (e.g., by reducing implicit bias). The symposium features two-panel discussions that cover essential topics centering on research and practice. Panel speakers represent the University and larger community. Symposium participants are invited to participate in discussions and poster presentations.

Symposium website.

Keynote speakers: Susan Eggly, Ph.D. and Nao Hagiwara, Ph.D.

Panel discussions on:

• Theory, Methods, and Metrics in Provider-Patient Communication
• Praxis, Interventions, and Future Directions for Dyadic Healthcare Communication

Agenda

8:30-9 a.m.           Check-in

9:00-9:20 a.m.      Greetings and official welcome

9:20-10:20 a.m.    Keynote 1: Susan Eggly, Ph.D.

10:20-10:30 a.m.  Biobreak

10:30-11:45 a.m.  Panel 1: Theory, Method, and Metrics

11:45-12:45 p.m.  Lunch at The Heldrich Hotel

12:45-2:00 p.m.    Panel 2: Praxis, Intervention, and Future Directions

2:00-2:15 p.m.     Biobreak

2:15-3:15 p.m.     Keynote 2: Nao Hagiwara, Ph.D.

3:15-4:14 p.m.     Poster session and social

4:15-4:30 p.m.     Concluding remarks