Duke Orthopaedics is nationally recognized as one of the most diverse orthopaedic departments, with outstanding engagement among faculty, residents, and staff in promoting inclusion and health equity. This dedication fosters a strong sense of community and belonging across a geographically dispersed department. While significant progress has already been made, there are exciting opportunities to strengthen the department's culture of inclusion further, enhance resource equity, and ensure the continued growth and sustainability of inclusive excellence programming.
Duke Orthopaedics is dedicated to ensuring that the most talented and diverse individuals are represented in orthopaedics, providing them with equitable opportunities to make meaningful contributions to advancements in musculoskeletal healthcare. Together, we prioritize workplace inclusion and civility, working to increase cultural awareness and representation. This focus helps improve health literacy, strengthen patient-provider communication and trust, and ensure more efficient access to care delivery.
Guiding Principles
- We are committed to fostering an inclusive culture within our department where individuals from diverse backgrounds can thrive at both the training and faculty levels.
- We aim to ensure that diverse individuals have genuine, equitable opportunities for excellence without exclusion from major programs or protocols.
- Discrimination based on gender or ethnicity, whether overt or through microaggressions, will not be tolerated by any department member.
- Department leaders are responsible for implementing and supporting the initiatives outlined above.
DPT DiversiTea Newsletter
The Duke DPT DiversiTea Newsletter was envisioned to create a sustainable, interactive collection of work that embodies diversity, equity, and inclusion. Content for each newsletter can be submitted by students, faculty, and/or staff; submissions contain historical and current events, and the content is multimodal, including art, music, literature, dance, etc. A DiversiTea & Coffee session follows publication when people gather and discuss their favorite pieces and talk about how to apply them to the practice of physical therapy. View the newsletter.
Inspired by the amazing video highlighting Black women physicians at Emory University’s School of Medicine, the Duke University School of Medicine’s DPT and OTD programs celebrate Black History Month.