Brief online implicit bias education increases bias awareness among clinical teaching faculty.

ABSTRACT:

Problem and purpose

Healthcare provider implicit bias influences the learning environment and patient care. Bias awareness is one of the key elements to be included in implicit bias education. Research on education enhancing bias awareness is limited. Bias awareness can motivate behavior change. The objective was to evaluate whether exposure to a brief online course, Implicit Bias in the Clinical and Learning Environment, increased bias awareness.

Materials and methods

The course included the history of racism in medicine, social determinants of health, implicit bias in healthcare, and strategies to reduce the impact of implicit bias in clinical care and teaching. A sample of U.S. academic family, internal, and emergency medicine providers were recruited into the stud

SUBMITTER: Sabin J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8765255 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature