Dear Department of Medicine Community,
Have you had challenges with people in the healthcare environment? Would you like to discuss ways to claim and care for your own identity, needs, and beliefs without degrading someone else's in the process? Recognizing the potential for all sorts of varying viewpoints and sources of contention in the healthcare environment and the world, Civility Champions are offering support via virtual Open Office Hours every Wednesday from 12-1 pm starting on February 5, 2025 at this zoom link: https://duke.zoom.us/j/95917452022?pwd=tnszMa1maiJTbkm1buYONElbF9yeDo.1
What Are Civility Champions?
The Department of Medicine Civility Champions are a cohort of faculty and trainees who have been trained on ways to offer informal support in response to incidents of bias, harassment, or other unprofessional behaviors. Civility Champions can provide support; explore options for intervention or reporting; and help to promote an environment of healing and care.
Are Conversations Confidential?
If no one else is in the Zoom room, your conversations with Civility Champions are confidential except in situations of harm (to self or others) or violation of the University's Policy on Prohibited Discrimination, Harassment, and Related Misconduct.
If someone else is in the Zoom room and you wish to have a confidential conversation, you can work with the Civility Champion in that Zoom room and ask to have your confidential conversation moved to a Zoom break-out room or contact jane.gagliardi@duke.edu to schedule another time to speak with a Civility Champion.
Thank you for all you do,
Jane P. Gagliardi, MD, MHS
Faculty Lead, Civility Champion
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Professor of Medicine
Associate Dean for Learning Environment and Well-Being
Duke University School of Medicine
jane.gagliardi@duke.edu
Duke Department of Medicine