On Thursday, January 28 and Tuesday, February 9, WHEP will be holding a two part seminar series on the topic of unconscious bias and its impact on medical care and health outcomes. We will begin with a conversation about discrimination, racism, and systemic bias in our healthcare system (and society at large), recognizing that we all hold unconscious stereotypes that may influence our clinical decision-making and contribute to disparities in healthcare.
With the help of a panel of Drexel physicians, we will then explore
how we as healthcare professionals and patient advocates can strive to deliver the
best care and ensure the best outcomes regardless of a patient’s race, ethnicity,
sex or socioeconomic status. The only
way to overcome bias is to talk about it, become more self-aware, and make
changes in the way we practice medicine.
We invite you to join the conversation!
To peak your interest before the seminars, check out some of
these resources:
TED Talks
Articles
Levels of racism: A theoretic framework and a gardener's
tale. American Journal of Public Health.
2000; 90:1212-1215. http://www.cahealthadvocates.org/_pdf/news/2007/Levels-Of-Racism.pdf
#BlackLivesMatter: A Challenge to the Medical and Public Health
Communities. The New England Journal of Medicine. 2015; 372: 1085-1087. http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1500529
White coats for Black lives: medical
students responding to racism and police brutality J.
Urban Health 2015; 92(6): 1007-1010.
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11524-015-9993-9
Black Lives Matter: A Commentary on Racism and Public Health. American Journal of Public Health. 2015:
105:e27-e30. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4504294/pdf/AJPH.2015.302706.pdf
Judith Wolf, MD
Associate Director, WHEP
