Racism & Bias in Clinical Practice SG
Session Description: In ASM, we highlighted several cognitive strategies which clinicians employ in their clinical reasoning. Initial impressions culled from these processes lead to their diagnostic and therapeutic next steps. In this session, we will demonstrate both the positive and negative aspects of these cognitive processes that influence clinicians’ medical decision making. They can be survival mechanisms that allow clinicians to know what is dangerous and what is safe. But they can also be limiting or even harmful when these result in mistreatment of people based on broad characteristics such as race, religion, culture, language, political view, education, or social class.
Speaker: Various. See Individual Schedule
Location: Various. See Individual Schedule
Objectives: At the end of this session, student learners will:
Identify biases within ourselves and our medical community as they relate to our role as students and clinicians
Describe common sociopolitical dominant narratives that drive bias, particularly racism at the bedside
Identify how systems of oppression and exclusion impact patient care
Reflect on and practice techniques to mitigate these dominant narratives and reduce health inequities
Readings: NONE