‘Cultural Safety’ in Genomic Practice Workshop

We are organising an interactive workshop with healthcare professionals working in patient-facing roles, exploring ‘cultural safety’ in genomic medicine. We will examine how clinical practice, data collection, communication, and workplace culture intersect to shape equitable and inclusive care. 

Cultural safety moves beyond competency frameworks by addressing power imbalances, systemic inequities, and the need for critical reflexivity in healthcare practice. It emphasises that safe care is shaped through an awareness of diverse needs and requires both individual and organisational accountability to reduce inequities. 

This workshop will draw on emerging research into how ethnicity data is ascertained and used in genomics, alongside challenges such as working effectively with interpreters, and how communication shapes consent and trust. We will also explore questions around belonging and agency at work – how comfortable people feel bringing their full selves into the workplace, whether they feel able to speak up about inequities, and what is needed to move from tokenistic representation to genuine diversity. 

Join us to reflect on approaches towards more equitable and culturally safe genomic practice.

Please email cpm@well.ox.ac.uk for more information if you are interested in taking part in this workshop.