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Description

In healthcare, implicit bias can have significant ethical, legal, and social impacts in patient care and hiring practices. Unconscious biases and assumptions about others can affect the judgement, decisions, and behavior of healthcare practitioners. Healthcare leaders are realizing that implicit bias can not only hurt individuals and teams but also be a detriment to organizational culture and performance. Worse yet, the presence of biases is impacting patient outcomes and contributing to inequities in health access.

In this online micro-course, Addressing Implicit Bias in Healthcare, you will explore implicit bias and its effects and learn strategies for identifying, assessing, and mitigating implicit bias. You will examine different types of bias and how biased thinking occurs at personal, interpersonal, institutional, cultural, and structural levels. You will also examine your own biases and discover tools for assessing bias in your organization. Finally, you will learn strategies for mitigating implicit bias in the delivery of healthcare.

Within this micro-course, simulated interactive dialogues give you the opportunity to test your understanding of key concepts. These simulations put you in the role of advisor to colleagues confronting implicit bias. You will also create an implicit bias audit and action plan that you can utilize in your current role to identify implicit bias within your healthcare organization and develop a plan to address that bias.

What You Will Learn

Upon successful completion of this micro-course, you will be able to:

Describe bias and its impact within healthcare settings.
Identify various types of implicit bias in action.
Explore bias at various levels, including the institutional, structural, and cultural levels.
Examine how implicit bias and social determinants of health (SDOH) impact healthcare access and equity.
Examine strategies for assessing and mitigating implicit bias within healthcare environments.

Eligibility

Must be 18 or older

Refund Policy

You will have seven days to request a full refund after purchase. No hidden fees. All books and materials are included with purchase.

Accreditation Statement

Walden University College of Nursing is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development through the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. Provider Unit P0469.

Criteria for Obtaining Contact Hours

This nursing continuing professional development course offers content that includes overviews and descriptions, engagement activities, resources, and a final assessment. Within 180 days of the course purchase date, follow these steps to claim nursing contact hours:

Complete all content in each micro-course,
Achieve 80% or higher for the final assessment,
Complete the end of course evaluation, and
Download and print or save your contact hour certificate.

Disclosure Statement

The planners and authors of this nursing continuing professional development activity disclose no relevant financial relationships.

While professional development activities offered by an American Nurses Credentialing Center Provider Unit typically satisfy the requirements of most states, Walden University recommends that participants ensure that the content offered meets their individual requirements. To the extent that contact hours must be approved within one’s state of residence or licensure, participants should check with their state board of nursing before enrolling in any professional development activity. The state board of nursing determines the number and type of contact hours that can be claimed for professional development activities.

Features

Implicit Association Test

Using self-reflection and an Implicit Association Test, discover your own unconscious biases.

Implicit Bias Audit and Action Plan

Create an audit and action plan for addressing implicit bias in your healthcare organization.

Interactive Leadership Spotlights

Demonstrate your learning in interactive scenarios that simulate workplace situations involving implicit bias.

Research-Based Findings

Learn from the latest research on implicit bias and its effects on individuals and organizations.

Flexible Learning

Review content provided in easily consumable segments to adapt around your busy life.

Awards

Certificate of Completion in Addressing Implicit Bias in Healthcare