The Color of Care ACTION LIST FOR DOCTOR OR NURSE The Color of Care ACTION LIST FOR DOCTOR OR NURSE The Color of Care ACTION LIST FOR DOCTOR OR NURSE The Color of Care ACTION LIST FOR DOCTOR OR NURSE The Color of Care ACTION LIST FOR DOCTOR OR NURSE The Color of Care ACTION LIST FOR DOCTOR OR NURSE The Color of Care ACTION LIST FOR DOCTOR OR NURSE The Color of Care ACTION LIST FOR DOCTOR OR NURSE The Color of Care ACTION LIST FOR DOCTOR OR NURSE

The Color of Care Action list for Doctor or Nurse The Color of Care Action list for Doctor or Nurse The Color of Care Action list for Doctor or Nurse

SHOWING ACTIONS FOR

Doctor or Nurse

Action Kit Guide
  1. Do you have suggestions for how doctors and nurses can practice racial and ethnic equity in healthcare? What are some best practices that you have seen that help patients demand and achieve better care? Share your ideas on social media with #TheColorOfCare
  2. Achieving Racial and Ethnic Equity in U.S. Health Care: Find out what your state’s Scorecard of State Performance is.
  3. Take the Racial Equity Pledge to ensure that you and your workplace are accountable for delivering equitable care.
  4. For doctors and nurses in leadership positions, consider reviewing the American Medical Association’s guide to creating a strong and safe workplace for caregivers and medical professionals as we continue to battle COVID-19.
  5. Take these concrete steps outlined by the American Heart Association to fight racism in healthcare and urge your colleagues to do the same.
  6. Read and share this article on Confronting Racism in Healthcare by the Commonwealth Fund.
  7. Read and share this article by The Atlantic about 5 Ways the Health-Care System Can Stop Amplifying Racism. Share ways that have worked or can work for you on social media with #TheColorOfCare
  8. Find out what individual practitioners can do to fight racism in medicine via CompHealth.
  9. White Coats For Black Lives seeks to dismantle racism and accompanying systems of oppression in health, while simultaneously cultivating means for collective liberation that center the needs, priorities, and self-determination of Black people and other people of color. See if your local healthcare clinic or hospital has a chapter that you can support.
  10. Learn about Illumina’s commitment to partnerships that enable us to continuously realize the power of the genome to transform healthcare for all. Illumina’s core technologies support a wide range of research and genomic applications. For example, the iHope program in partnership with Genetic Alliance uses genome sequencing tests to find answers for underserved families with children facing undiagnosed genetic diseases. 

  11. Explore Drexel University College of Medicine’s free online Antiracism Module, which includes curriculum guides, faculty development workshops, and a learning environment survey to help future clinicians and faculty recognize bias and deliver equitable care to all.