Confronting implicit bias toward patients: a scoping review of post-graduate physician curricula.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Physicians' behavior may unknowingly be impacted by prejudice and thereby contribute to healthcare inequities. Despite increasingly robust data demonstrating physician implicit bias (The Office of Minority Health. Minority Population Profiles, 2021; COVID-19 Shines Light on Health Disparities, National Conference of State Legislatures 2021), the evidence behind how to change this with training programs remains unclear. This scoping review therefore reports on the implementation, outcomes, and characteristics of post-graduate physician implicit bias curricula.

Methods

The authors conducted a literature review using scoping review methodology. They searched 7 databases in February and November 2020 for English-language academic and gray literature on implicit bias c

SUBMITTER: Gleicher ST 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9520104 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature