For faculty and staff who are interested in learning from local experts, the University of Iowa Health Care Office of Health Parity is offering a series of in-person workshops that specifically address health care disparities and how to mitigate them.

The six-week UI Health Care BUILD program will begin Feb. 1. Enrollment is now open for all UI Health Care faculty and staff.

• Sessions will be held Thursdays, Feb. 1 through March 7.
• The first session on Feb. 1 will be held from 2:30 to 5 p.m. All other sessions will be held from 3 to 4:30 p.m. in the East Room of UI Hospitals & Clinics.
• In-person attendance is required during the first two sessions and is strongly encouraged for the remaining four sessions, although participants can complete up to two of those sessions by watching a recording, if necessary.

The program will incorporate the principles and workshops developed by the UI BUILD program—established in 2015 and led by Bria Marcelo—with the addition of topics including:

• Health care disparities and how to mitigate them
• Issues faced by individuals with various forms of disabilities in a health care setting
• Issues that members of the LGBTQ community face within the health care context
• Culturally responsive health care
• How to effectively respond to patient-initiated harassment

Register here. Enrollment will be capped at 100 participants.