Nottingham SCRUBS

In this online era Emily Bates and @DrEmBurns offer practical advice on how to support accessibility:

1. Offer virtual attendance for your events
2. Use the live captions function on Teams
3. Ensure your face is well lit to support people who lip read

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How has the pandemic changed your perspective? Med student Becky Bates and @DrEmBurns discuss whether the restrictions placed on our lives over the past 12 months have given an insight into the lives of people with disabilities #DiversityInDoctors21 @disableddoctors

How can we help? Duncan's top tips:
1. Never make assumptions
2. Challenge colleagues behaviour
3. If you're not sure - ask!
4. Be careful not to 'out' patients by discussing their identity without permission
5. Know where to get LGBT+ health information

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Hard hitting facts from our speaker Duncan, Co-chair of GLADD

"7% of healthcare staff wouldn't feel comfortable working alongside a trans colleague" "1 in 5 trans people have seen discriminatory remarks by healthcare staff in the last year"

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To join our Diversity in Doctors Conference head to @scrubsnottingham on Insta and join us via the link in our bio! Whether you've always been passionate about inclusivity or you're just getting started, we hope you'll leave inspired to champion diversity #DiversityInDoctors21