2021-2023 EEH Enduring Program: Recognizing and Reducing Implicit Bias

Course Instructions

Registration Information:
  Release Date:  April 16, 2021
  Expiration Date: April 16, 2023
  Estimated Time to Complete:  1-1/2 hours
  CME Credits Offered:  1.5
  Registration Fee:  FREE

  Required Resources: Participants will need a computer with sound and
access to the internet to complete this course.

Friday, April 16, 2021, 8:00 AM - Sunday, April 16, 2023, 9:30 AM, Online Enduring

Everyone has unconscious biases. Neuroscientists believe that more than 95% of the decision we make are based on unconscious awareness based on previous experiences, upbringing, and our brain essentially working on autopilot so that it can filter through the enormous amount of information it receives. The brain relies on assumptions that operate automatically. These mental shortcuts help us make decisions quickly and efficiently, however they can have unintended consequences, including irrational thinking and faulty decision making. When human beings are involved, bias can result in stereotyping, prejudice, and a lack of diversity in our lives and at work causing any number of problems. This interactive course will assist participants in digging deeper into their own unconscious biases and give them practical techniques for acting and thinking consciously in order to make objective decisions. Ultimately this will start a path toward diversity and inclusion and recognizing how each of us plays a role in making healthcare equitable. By understanding our own unconscious bias and what effect they may have on others, especially in healthcare, we can think more critically and consciously and plan to implement change.

1. 1. Discuss the importance of how unconscious bias works and the dangers it can cause others.
2. 2. Analyze hidden preferences, assumptions and biases within one's own cognitive process.
3. 3. Critique one's own cognition when making decisions and consciously make a shift if needed.
4. 4. Construct an action plan to challenge assumptions, enhance objectivity, overcome stereotypes and broaden perspectives to combat unconscious bias.

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (1.50 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (1.50 hours)

Reference/Bibliography List:

 

Resources:

• Unhelpful thinking styles.pdf
• Unconscious Bias Training (Workbook).pdf