Nursing Webinars for Healthcare Professionals

About the Course

While the causes of health disparities are multifactorial, researchers have identified that unconscious biases affect clinicians’ perceptions of others, influencing decisions and actively contributing to health inequalities. Typically, implicit biases are negative and unintentionally lead to disparities in patient–provider interactions, treatment decisions, and overall access to care.

The purpose of implementing implicit bias training is to emphasize to healthcare providers a modifiable risk known to play a role in the causation of health disparities. This interactive course incorporates several features to engage learners in the topic of implicit bias and promote active participation. Included in the course are:

• Self-assessment questions to encourage reflection and assess your understanding of the topic.
• Video segments featuring experts in the field of diversity and inclusion.
• Poll questions to enable participation with other learners.
• Case studies to allow learners to apply their knowledge in practical scenarios.

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion of this course, the learner should be able to:

• Evaluate the areas of the brain that are involved in unconscious thought and biases.
• Differentiate implicit and explicit biases.
• Identify factors that contribute to the development of biases.
• Describe the effects of implicit bias within healthcare.
• Evaluate the relationship between implicit bias and healthcare disparities.
• Recognize strategies to remedy the negative impact of implicit biases when providing within healthcare.

About the Author
Dr. Candace Pierce, DNP, RN, CNE, COI, is a nurse leader committed to ensuring nurses are well prepared and offered abundant opportunities and resources to enhance their skills acquisition and confidence at the bedside. With 15 years in nursing, she has worked at the bedside, in management, and in nursing education. She has demonstrated expertise and scholarship in innovation and design thinking in healthcare and education, and collaborative efforts within and outside of healthcare. Scholarship endeavors include funded grants, publications, and presentations. As a leader, Dr. Pierce strives to empower others to create and deploy ideas and embrace their professional roles as leaders, change agents, and problem solvers. In her position as the lead nurse planner for Elite, she works as a project engineer with subject matter experts to develop evidence-based best practices in continuing education for nurses and other healthcare professionals.