Bystander Intervention

Course Description

*This course is available to community members who have completed our Foundational Training sequence.
A bystander is a community member who takes action and provides support in a moment of need. Empowered and skilled bystanders are crucial to ensuring that everyone, including those most marginalized, feels included and a sense of belonging at UW Medicine. This course provides foundational understanding of the important role of bystanders, discusses obstacles that get in the way of intervening effectively, and presents five strategies for intervening. Participants practice these strategies during the session.This course is available to community members who have completed our Foundational Training sequence.

Objectives

• Describe why it is important to intervene when you observe an incident of identity-based harm.
• Identify the obstacles that may get in the way of intervening effectively.
• Learn and practice the five D’s of bystander intervention.

Course Offerings

Course References

• Bystander intervention tip sheet (apa.org)
• The Social Stigma of Identity- and Status-Based Rejection Sensitivity | The Oxford Handbook of Social Exclusion | Oxford Academic (oup.com)
• Associateds between microaggression and adjustment outcomes:  A meta anayltic and narrative reviewhttps://psycnet.apa.org/journals/bul/145/1/45/
• Right To Be
• On The Fly Training Scenarios