Implicit Bias Recognition and Management in Interpersonal Encounters and the Learning Environment: A Skills-Based Curriculum for Medical Students.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Students desire instruction in skill development to address both their own implicit biases and bias perceived in the learning environment. Curricula to date achieve strategy identification through reflection and discussion but do not provide opportunity for personally relevant skill development and practice in implicit bias recognition and management. To address this gap, we developed and evaluated a skills-based elective in implicit bias recognition and management focused on learners' own interpersonal interactions, including patient encounters, and perceived bias in the learning environment.

Method

Fifteen first-year medical students completed the nine-session elective over three annual offerings. Each session lasted 1.5 hours. Curriculum development was infor

SUBMITTER: Gonzalez CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8275619 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature