The Impact of Racial Bias in Patient Care and Medical Education: Let's Focus on the Educator.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Racial bias in health care is well documented. Research shows the presence of racial bias among health care providers. There is a paucity of workshops focused on racial bias effects in health professions educators.

Method

Two to three workshops were delivered to a diverse group of clinical educators from three programs at a major academic institution. Each workshop included a brief multimedia presentation followed by a facilitated group discussion. Participants completed the online Implicit Association Test (IAT), a baseline demographic questionnaire, and a brief post-then-pre questionnaire.

Results

Twenty-four faculty participated in the study (six physicians, eight nurse practitioners, 10 physician assistants). Nineteen (90%) were women, 18 (86%) were W

SUBMITTER: Corsino L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8410857 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature