This course seeks to provides education on unconscious bias. In this course we will define unconscious bias, explore the various common types of biases with examples, learn about the negative impact of unconscious bias on individuals and organizations, and identify some strategies to detect and mitigate unconscious bias.

This course is brought to you by Project Respect and the Longevity and Healthy Aging Research Consortium as a collaborative effort between Stanford School of Medicine and the VA Palo Alto Health Care System. We acknowledge and thank our dean, Dr. Lloyd Minor for his guidance and mentoring with Project Respect and the Longevity and Healthy Aging Research Consortium. We also wish to thank the following senior leaders for their unwavering support, which was instrumental in the creation of this course:

• Dr. Michael Kozal, Senior Associate Dean for Veteran Affairs at Stanford School of Medicine and Chief of Staff at VA Palo Alto Health Care System
• Dr. Helena Kraemer, Emerita Professor of Biostatistics in Psychiatry and Member, National Academy of Medicine
• Dr. Yvonne Maldonado, Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Diversity, Interim Chair, Department of Medicine at at Stanford School of Medicine
• Dr. Ruth O’Hara, Senior Associate Dean for Research, Director, SPECTRUM at Stanford University School of Medicine

  Release Date: November 21, 2023
  Expiration Date: November 20, 2026
  Estimated Time to Complete: 1.5 hours
  Registration Fee: FREE

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AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (1.50 hours), Non-Physician Participation Credit (1.50 hours), ANCC Contact Hours (1.50 hours), ASWB Cultural Competence Continuing Education (ACE) credits (1.50 hours)

• Specialties – Non-clinical
• Professions – Fellow/Resident, Non-Physician, Nurse, Physician, Registered Nurse (RN), Social Worker, Student

1. Describe the effects of unconscious bias in everyday interactions with patients, students, colleagues, and team members.
2. Define how heuristics influence our thinking
3. Identify where personal unconscious biases may reside across gender, race/ethnicity, and/or cultural attributes in the workplace.
4. Develop strategies to correct personal unconscious biases in daily interactions.
5. Mitigate the negative effects of unconscious bias

In support of improving patient care, Stanford Medicine is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Credit Designation
American Medical Association (AMA)
Stanford Medicine designates this Enduring Material for a maximum of 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) 
Stanford Medicine designates this Enduring Materials activity for a maximum of 1.50 ANCC contact hours.

ASWB Approved Continuing Education Credit (ACE) – Social Work Credit
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Stanford Medicine is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this activity receive 1.50 cultural competence continuing education credits.