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This CME activity provides education on unconscious bias in the academic medicine workplace. Existing research on unconscious bias will provide a science-based view of this seemingly non-science topic. Case studies with examples of unconscious bias, self-assessment opportunities, and exploring bias busting strategies will enable learners to understand how to bring the content into their own unique environments.

This course is designed to meet the educational needs of physicians from all specialties as well as other Health Care Professionals.

• Release Date: May 23, 2017
  
• Expiration Date: May 23, 2020
  
• Estimated Time to Complete: 1.00 Hour
• CME Credits Offered: 1.00
• Registration Fee: FREE

• Review the information below and complete the entire activity.
• Complete the CME Post-test, CME Assessment Survey, and CME Activity Completion Statement at the end of the activity.
• You must receive a score of 75% or higher on the post-test in order to receive a certificate. You will have two attempts to answer each multiple-choice question (or one attempt for questions with only two options) to pass the post-test.
• Once you attest to completing the entire online activity and have scored 75% or higher on the post-test, your certificate will be generated automatically and will be available on your Dashboard page.
• Physicians will be awarded AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. All other participants will receive a Certificate of Participation.
• * Participation in content marked Optional is not certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to:

• Describe the effects of unconscious bias in everyday interactions with patients, students, colleagues, and team members.
• Apply specific “bias-busting” techniques that can be used in the medical and academic environment.
• Identify where personal unconscious biases may reside across gender, race/ethnicity, and/or cultural attributes in the workplace.
• Develop strategies to correct personal unconscious biases in daily interactions.

1. Introduction
2. Test Your Knowledge
3. Unconscious Bias in Medicine
   • What Is Unconscious Bias
   • How Does Unconscious Bias Show Up
   • Ways to Disrupt Unconscious Bias
4. Course Wrap-up
5. Resources and References
6. Help!

The following planners and authors have indicated that they have no relationships with industry to disclose relative to the content of this activity:

Yvonne (Bonnie) Maldonado, MD
Senior Associate Dean, Faculty Development and Diversity
Professor of Pediatrics (Infectious Diseases) and Health Research and Policy
Stanford University School of Medicine
Course Director
Author
Reviewer

Magali Fassiotto, PhD
Assistant Dean, Faculty Development and Diversity
Stanford University School of Medicine
Course Director
Author

Rebecca Adler, M.Ad.Ed. 
Adler Designs
Planner
Author

Odette Harris, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
Stanford University School of Medicine
Planner

Fernando Mendoza, MD
Associate Dean of Minority Advising and Programs 
Professor of Pediatrics (General Pediatrics) 
Stanford University School of Medicine
Planner

Yasodha Natkunam, MD, PhD
Professor of Pathology
Stanford University School of Medicine
Planner

Abraham Verghese, MD, MACP
Professor of Medicine
Stanford University School of Medicine
Author

Rebecca Adler, M.Ad.Ed.

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The Stanford University School of Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

The California Board of Registered Nursing recognizes that Continuing Medical Education (CME) is acceptable for meeting RN continuing education requirements as long as the course is certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ (rn.ca.gov). Nurses will receive a Certificate of Participation following this activity that may be used for license renewal.

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California Assembly Bill 1195 requires continuing medical education activities with patient care components to include curriculum in the subjects of cultural and linguistic competency. It is the intent of the bill, which went into effect July 1, 2006, to encourage physicians and surgeons, CME providers in the State of California and the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to meet the cultural and linguistic concerns of a diverse patient population through appropriate professional development. The planners and speakers of this CME activity have been encouraged to address cultural issues relevant to their topic area. The Stanford University School of Medicine Multicultural Health Portal also contains many useful cultural and linguistic competency tools including culture guides, language access information and pertinent state and federal laws.

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Williams DR, Wyatt R. Racial Bias in Health Care and Health Challenges and Opportunities. JAMA. 2015;314(6):555-556. doi:10.1001/jama.2015.9260

For a complete list, please view the References/Bibliography page in the Course.

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