2021 AOSSM-AANA Combined Annual Meeting Recordings-Implicit Bias and Its Implications on Minority Patients

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The speaker discusses the issue of implicit bias in healthcare, sharing a personal case scenario involving their family member. They explain that implicit bias refers to unconscious attitudes and stereotypes that can influence diagnosis, treatment decisions, and levels of care. They highlight several well-documented biases in healthcare, including racial disparities in pain medication prescription, assumptions about low-income patients, discrimination against pregnant women, and misdiagnosis of women with coronary artery disease. The speaker emphasizes the need for organizations to address implicit bias through training and policy changes. They urge individuals to acknowledge their biases, question them, and consider the challenges faced by all patients. They discuss the importance of diversity in leadership and encourage continual efforts to address and improve the issue of implicit bias in healthcare. The speaker concludes by urging the audience to make actionable change and believe that this is a problem that needs to be addressed. The video transcript does not cite any credits.

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Leah Brown, MD

Keywords

implicit bias

healthcare

unconscious attitudes

racial disparities

diversity in leadership