2023 Survey Impacts & Outcomes
In January 2023, the Office of Healthcare Equity launched the UW Medicine Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Survey to establish baseline measures of EDI across UW Medicine and generate actionable insights to drive meaningful improvements.
We are now preparing to relaunch the survey this June. It will be the same as before—available to all paid UW Medicine employees, translated into six languages, and taking approximately 12 minutes to complete. A post-survey dashboard will also be available for all employees to view results. The only update is the survey’s name: it is now called the UW Medicine Inclusive Climate Survey.
Stay tuned—check your email, this webpage, and the UW Medicine Vitals page for upcoming details.
Your Voice, Our Action: Transforming UW Medicine Together
Thank you! Over 10,000 UW Medicine workforce members (Inclusive of staff, faculty, residents, and post-doctoral students and fellows) responded to the 2023 UW Medicine EDI Survey.
You shared your valuable insights through the 2023 EDI Survey, and we heard you. At UW Medicine, we’re committed to translating your feedback into meaningful action, fostering a more equitable, diverse, and inclusive environment for everyone. Here’s how your input is shaping our progress:
Seeing the Full Picture, Thanks to You
Your feedback helped us build a Transparent Dashboard that provides a comprehensive view of our organization across four levels (Entity, Department, Division, Team). This visibility, driven by your needs and suggestions through rapid iteration and improvements, allows us to pinpoint areas where we can make the biggest difference.
| 2023 Response Rates | |
|---|---|
| 48% | Airlift Northwest |
| 62% | Family Practice Plan Services |
| 36% | Harborview Medical Center |
| 56% | Primary Care & Population Health |
| 38% | School of Medicine |
| 36% | UW Medical Center |
| 56% | UW Medicine Shared Services |
Open Insights for All
We’ve simplified our Public Reports so everyone can access key findings. By making our progress visible and understandable, we’re supporting shared accountability and fostering trust in our EDI efforts. It’s one more step toward ensuring this work is transparent, inclusive, and grounded in real data.We believe in sharing our progress. Our Simplified Public Report makes key findings accessible to everyone, fostering transparency and shared accountability in our EDI journey.
Turning Feedback into Local Impact
Our Action Planning Tools are directly informed by the themes you raised in the survey. While centered around four system-wide recommendations designed to address key EDI challenges, these tools empower local teams to develop and implement solutions that are relevant and impactful within their specific contexts.
Leadership Committed to Change
Your feedback has strengthened the commitment of 48 leadership groups across UW Medicine, including Clinical Leadership Teams, SOM Department Leaders, and System Leaders. This interconnected network ensures that EDI is a priority at every level of our organization.
Working Together for a Better Experience
The Workforce Experience Event was held in direct response to the themes highlighted in the EDI Survey. Leaders gathered to review shared priorities from your feedback and related Action Plans, and to discuss system-wide strategies addressing key areas. These included improving transparency in bias reporting, fostering psychological safety, empowering bystander intervention, and investing in restorative practices aimed at healing, repair, and building inclusive communities.
- Review common priorities identified in your feedback and subsequent Action Plans.
- Share system-wide strategies to address key areas you raised, including:
- Improving Transparency in Bias Reporting: We are actively working to enhance the Bias Reporting Tool and associated processes based on your feedback.
- Fostering Psychological Safety: Creating a workplace where everyone feels safe, respected, and valued.
- Empowering Bystander Intervention: Equipping our community to actively support and advocate for one another.
- Investing in Restorative Practices:
- Healing and Repair: Developing approaches to address harm in a way that promotes understanding and reconciliation.
- Building Inclusive Communities: Proactively fostering connections and preventing harm through community building.
Data-Driven Progress, Guided by You
The launch of our Survey Integration Team underscores our commitment to continuously listening and learning from your experiences. This team will ensure that future feedback directly informs our ongoing EDI efforts. Including a single website to host information related to Workforce Surveys.
