Course Purpose
The purpose of this course is to assist the healthcare professional in understanding how implicit bias can affect the quality of care provided to patients within the healthcare system, and to provide a brief overview of strategies to reduce implicit bias once it is recognized.
Continuing Education Credit Designation
This online independent study activity is credited for 2 contact hours.
Overview
Implicit bias refers to attitudes or stereotypes that affect our understanding, actions, and decisions in an unconscious way, making them difficult to control. It may present as biases against groups of people who have a different gender, sexual orientation, racial group, or ethnicity, and can occur anywhere, including the criminal justice system, healthcare system, schools, and workplace settings. This course provides an overview of implicit bias, test commonly used to identify it, and strategies to help reduce it once it is identified.
Objectives
Upon completion of the independent study, the learner will be able to:
- Define implicit bias
- Differentiate between implicit bias and explicit bias
- Understand how stereotypes influence implicit bias and how it affects patient care
- Review tests commonly used to help identify implicit bias
- Implement strategies to help reduce implicit bias within an organization
Policy Statement
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Disclosures
Fast CE For Less, Inc. and its authors have no disclosures. There is no commercial support.
