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DRIVE: Expanded Curriculum Appraisal Tool & Resources

DRIVE is an initiative to create a representative and bias-free curriculum across all domains of research and clinical education. This DRIVE Resource Guide includes the fully revised, updated and expanded curriculum appraisal tool and additional resources

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a large blue D with the word DRIVE across the center. wording below says Diversity Representation and Inclusion for Value in Education

Goals of DRIVE

The primary goals of the DRIVE initiative are:

  • To promote a representative and bias-free curriculum across our learning environments
  • To enhance the accuracy, representation, and inclusion of diverse populations in all our educational environments and activities

Definition of Bias

For the purpose of DRIVE we define bias as a preference. Implicit bias is an unconscious response which can be recognized and mitigated. Explicit bias is overt and demonstrates intention.

Share Your Feedback

Connect with DRIVE

Please contact us via DRIVE@umassmed.edu if you have any feedback, questions, suggestions, resources or wish to get involved.

Dimensions of Bias

Bias may be experienced along these or other dimensions:

  • Ability
  • Agility
  • Age
  • Appearance
  • Culture
  • Diet
  • Education level
  • Ethnicity
  • Gender
  • Gender identity
  • Height
  • Housing status
  • Immigration status
  • Mental health
  • National origin
  • Primary language
  • Race
  • Religious identification
  • Sexual orientation
  • Socioeconomic status
  • Substance use
  • Weight

If you know of a resource to support learning about a particular dimension of bias, please let us know with the "Suggest a Resource" form.

Attribution and Copyright

   CC BY-NC

This license enables reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format for noncommercial purposes only, and only so long as attribution is given to the creator. CC BY-NC includes the following elements:

 BY: credit must be given to the creator.
 NC: Only noncommercial uses of the work are permitted.

Want to reference this resource? Please consider using this suggested citation: 

DRIVE Committee. DRIVE: Expanded Curriculum Appraisal Tool and Resources. Published 2022. Updated July 22, 2024. https://libraryguides.umassmed.edu/drive