Building a Respectful and Inclusive Culture

​​​​​​​​Providing Tools to Build a Culture of Trust and Respect in Health Sciences

Piloted in 2020, the Building a Respectful, Inclusive Culture (BRIC) program helps faculty build a teaching and training environment that is free of harassment and discrimination to allow learners and trainees to thrive, which is a critical mission of the Health Sciences at UC San Diego. 

The curriculum provides key faculty mentors and researchers with the tools they need to build a culture of trust and respect directly into the work units they manage. Offered in short digestible blocks of time with synchronous and asynchronous learning, the BRIC program consists of 3 modules:

•  Module 1: Developing Ourselves and Empowering Others
•   Module 2: Foundations of Respectful Workplace Communication and Managing Conflict
•  Module 3: Building and Leading Effective Teams in the Workplace

Each live session will be preceded by self-directed work on concepts so that group sessions can emphasize experiential learning.

Through core didactics, discussions of relevant case studies, and facilitated breakout discussions, the three-module series will explore six domains deemed essential in the toolbox of faculty engaged in building safe and healthy academic environments, including:

•  Self-awareness
•  Self-management
•  Empathy
•  Collaborative communication
  
•  Managing conflict
  
•  Teamwork
  

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