What does implicit bias mean for you and our health care system?
Join our panel to discuss the historical persistence of implicit bias and how it affects our clinical decisions and what we can do to fight it in the clinical setting.
Moderator
Stephen Thomas, PhD, Professor and Director, Maryland Center for Health Equity
Panelists
- Dr. Camara Jones, M.D., MPH, PhD, 2021-2022 UCSF Presidential Chair at the University of California, San Francisco, family physician, epidemiologist, anti-racism thought leader and activist and past president, American Public Health Association
- Dr. Tuesday Cook, M.D.,Presenter with the White House COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force Town Halls & MedChi IDEA Task Force
- Sen. Charles Sydnor, Maryland State Senator
- Lisa Walker, Chief Diversity and Learning Officer at GBMC HealthCare
- Rachel R. Hardeman, MPH, PhD, Associate Professor and Blue Cross Endowed Professor of Health and Racial Equity at University of Minnesota's School of Public Health and a reproductive health equity researcher whose program of research applies the tools of population health science.
- Omar Neal, Host, You Got the Power Radio Show, Former Mayor of Tuskeegee, Alabama
- Invited: Dr. Bonzo Reddick, M.D., Faculty at Mercer University's Mercer School of Medicine and a health equity researcher, particularly in historically marginalized populations.
- Mersion AI Simulator demonstration
- Additional panelists invited
Objectives
- Explain how some of our clinical knowledge was acquired through unethical and racist practices.
- Discuss ways to reduce the impact of implicit bias.
- Describe the historical context and present-day role of structural racism and its impact on the health care system.
- Use information to combat structural racism at the institutional level and reduce the impact of implicit bias on patient care, research, and inter-professional relationships.
Maryland Physicians must take an implicit bias CME before 2022 licensing. This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through Baltimore County Medical Association. Baltimore County Medical Association is accredited by MedChi, The Maryland State Medical Society, to provide Continuing Medical Education for physicians.
Register for the Webinar: Implicit Bias and Our Healthcare System