Culturally Competent Health Professions Education Credits: 3

Catalog description

When implicit bias is neither recognized nor managed in health professions education, it can negatively impact students’ future success in the field, as well as the health and well-being of the students’ future patients. In the clinical realm, implicit bias refers to physicians and health professions students automatically stereotyping patients on the basis of race, gender, weight, disability, among other factors. Students gain competence in, creating inclusive learning environments, avoiding bias in curriculum and teaching practices, and developing assessment measures for curricular bias.