Healthcare inequities and healthcare providers: we are part of the problem (1 credit hour)

Program Summary:  This course examines the topic of implicit bias in healthcare and the role of the healthcare provider in addressing implicit bias and prioritizing equitable care.  The course explores the science of implicit bias, the social groups most affected by implicit bias, and the impact on health outcomes.  Mitigation strategies are identified and include self-reflection, simulation-based education, counter-stereotypic strategies, emotional regulation, and mindfulness meditation.

If you would like to take the Harvard Project Implicit Implicit Association Test (IAT), you can find it here.

This course is recommended for social workers, counselors, and therapists and is appropriate for beginning and intermediate levels of practice.  

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Reading:  Healthcare inequities and healthcare providers:  we are part of the problem by Crystal N. Campbell (International Journal for Equity in Health).  Additional Readings:  Combating Implicit Bias and Stereotypes (Think Cultural Health Education, OMH); Interrupting Bias the PALS Approach (IGR, University of Michigan).

Course Objectives:  To enhance professional practice, values, skills, and knowledge by identifying key issues related to addressing implicit bias and prioritizing health equity.

Learning Objectives:  Describe the social groups most affected by implicit bias.  Describe the impact of implicit bias on patient health outcomes.  Identify mitigation strategies.

Review our pre-reading study guide.

Course Available Until: April 30, 2030.

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1: Sigmund Freud suggested that the ____________ mind has a powerful influence on behavior.
 
 
2: Unconscious (or implicit) bias results from social cues, activating the ___________, an area in the brain involved in emotional processing.
 
 
 
 
3: ___________ were found to experience discrimination the most of all races or ethnicities studied.
 
 
 
 
4: A study conducted by Rogers involving participants 50 years of age and older revealed that ___________ was the most commonly reported reason for experiencing discrimination in the healthcare setting.
 
 
 
 
5: ________ emerged as one of the primary medical conditions that was associated with bias in the clinical setting.
 
 
 
 
6: Studies have revealed that healthcare professionals exhibit implicit bias at ____________ as the general population.
 
 
 
7: Implicit bias can manifest in behaviors such as
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
8: When addressing implicit bias, which of the following is a key factor in facilitating meaningful change.
 
 
 
 
9: High-stress situations and negative emotions can ________ implicit bias toward patients of certain social groups.
 
 
10: Using Table 1, imagining a person associated with a specific social group as being the opposite of a stereotype of that group describes which mitigation strategy?
 
 
 
 
11: Using Table 1, engaging in meditative practices, including yoga, describes which mitigation strategy?
 
 
 
 

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G.M. Rydberg-Cox, MSW, LSCSW is the Continuing Education Director at Free State Social Work and responsible for the development of this course.  She received her Masters of Social Work in 1996 from the Jane Addams School of Social Work at the University of Illinois-Chicago and she has over 20 years of experience.  She has lived and worked as a social worker in Chicago, Boston, and Kansas City. She practiced for many years in the area of hospital/medical social work.  The reading materials for this course were developed by another organization.

Course Available Until: April 30, 2030.
Filed under: Anti-Racism, Anti-Discrimination, Healthcare, Implicit Bias