Digestive Disease Week® (DDW) is committed to working towards equity in digestive diseases through programming and including diverse voices. This year’s program includes a full slate of relevant topics on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI).
The DDW 2023 Diversity Symposium, Diversity Equity, and Inclusion: Where Are We Now and Where Do We Need to Go?, taking place Monday, May 8, 4–5:30 p.m., is co-sponsored by all four societies and will cover the progression of DEI in medicine and gastroenterology, highlighting some of the recent strides that have been made, as well as illustrating work that still needs to be done. Specific topics that will be covered include the minority tax, retention of minorities in medicine and microaggressions toward minority providers.
Attendees will learn how to:
- Identify the strides that have been made in DEI up to this point.
- Describe the minority tax and provide solutions to “untax” minorities.
- Retain individuals in their institution.
- Describe how discrimination and microaggressions can impact minority providers and become and upstander and bystander when they see this in action.
A breakdown of the presentations and speakers is below.
| Speaker | Title |
|---|---|
| John Carethers, MD, AGAF | Overview of Strides in DEI |
| Jennifer A. Christie, MD | Lifting the Minority Tax |
| Speaker to be determined | Moving Past Recruitment to Retention |
| Speaker to be determined | Discrimination and Microaggressions in Medicine: Understand Being an Upstander and a Bystander |
The DDW Diversity Reception will take place immediately following the session. This reception is a great opportunity to network, continue to discuss the issues from the session and learn more about what each society is doing to promote diversity in GI.
Additional DEI Programming
Together with Rainbows in Gastro, we compiled the following list of sessions related to DEI issues. You can also find topical sessions and posters using the DDW Health Care Delivery, Disparities and Quality Track filter in attendee planning tools.
| Title | Session Type | Date and Time |
|---|---|---|
| AGA Emerging Disparities and Opportunities in the Digital Age | Clinical Symposium | Sat, May 6, 8–9:30 a.m. |
| AGA Health Care Disparities and Colon Cancer Screening | Research Forum | Sat, May 6, 8–9:30 a.m. |
| Gastroenterology Women's Coalition (GWC) Women's Leadership Program | Clinical Symposium | Sun, May 7, 8–9:30 a.m. |
| AGA Issues of Provider Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in GI | Poster Session | Sun, May 7, 12:30–1:30 p.m. |
| AGA Colorectal Screening and Surveillance: Clinical Studies to Improve Uptake, Increase Adherence and Address Racial Disparities | Poster Session | Sun, May 7, 12:30–1:30 p.m. |
| AGA Equity and Opportunity in Creating our New Normal in the GI Workforce | Clinical Symposium | Sun, May 7, 4–5:30 p.m. |
| AASLD Hepatology Care for Transgender People | Clinical Symposium | Mon, May 8, 8–9:30 a.m. |
| DDW Liver Disease in Underserved Populations | Clinical Symposium | Mon, May 8, 10–11:30 a.m. |
| AASLD Health Services and Public Health Research: Social Determinants of Health, Disparities and Equity | Poster Session | Tues, May 9, 12:30–1:30 p.m. |
| AGA Gastroenterology and the LGBTQ+ Community | Clinical Symposium | Tues, May 9, 2–3:30 p.m. |
