Defeating Unconscious Bias: The Role of a Structured, Reflective, and Interactive Workshop.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Unconscious or implicit biases are universal and detrimental to health care and the learning environment but can be corrected. Historical interventions used the Implicit Association Test (IAT), which may have limitations.

Objective

We determined the efficacy of an implicit bias training without using the IAT.

Methods

From April 2019 to June 2020, a 90-minute educational workshop was attended by students, residents, and faculty. The curriculum included an interactive unconscious biases presentation, videoclips using vignettes to demonstrate workplace impact of unconscious biases with strategies to counter, and reflective group discussions. The evaluation included pre- and postintervention surveys. Participants were shown images of 5 individuals and recorded

SUBMITTER: Ogunyemi D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8054602 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature