Patient perspectives on racial and ethnic implicit bias in clinical encounters: Implications for curriculum development.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Patients describe feelings of bias and prejudice in clinical encounters; however, their perspectives on restoring the encounter once bias is perceived are not known. Implicit bias has emerged as a target for curricular interventions. In order to inform the design of novel patient-centered curricular interventions, this study explores patients' perceptions of bias, and suggestions for restoring relationships if bias is perceived.

Methods

The authors conducted bilingual focus groups with purposive sampling of self-identified Black and Latino community members in the US. Data were analyzed using grounded theory.

Results

Ten focus groups (in English (6) and Spanish (4)) with N = 74 participants occurred. Data analysis revealed multiple influences patients' perce

SUBMITTER: Gonzalez CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7065496 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature