#BREAKTHEBIAS: INTERRUPTING IMPLICIT BIAS IN GERIATRICS RESEARCH, EDUCATION, CLINICAL PRACTICE

Symposia

  • Date:
  • Time: 1:00pm - 2:00pm
  • Track: Professional Development
  • CME/CE: 1.0
  • Type: In-Person

Sponsored by the Tideswell Special Interest Group
Moderator: Chanel F. Whittaker, PharmD, BCGP, FASCP
This symposium will focus on uncovering structural racism and implicit bias in aging and other identity intersections that is embedded in research, interprofessional practice, education and training. Learning Objectives: (1) describe implicit bias and structural racism and its contribution to health inequities in older adults; (2) improve identification of implicit bias in research focused on older adults and gain knowledge of and apply tools to address those biases; (3) recognize examples of implicit bias in clinical care for older adults and take steps towards becoming an advocate provider; and (4) disseminate novel approaches to interrupt implicit bias in health professions education, clinical care and research.
 

Uncovering the Role of Implicit Bias and Structural Racism in Perpetuating Health Inequities of Older Adults
Chanel F. Whittaker, PharmD, BCGP, FASCP
Identifying Implicit Bias in Research and Understanding the Consequences
Maile Y. Karris, MD, Brian Minalga & Fred Hutch
Dismantling Implicit Biases & Ageism in 5M Health System Design and Clinical Practice: The Cleveland Story
Ardeshir Z. Hashmi, MD, FACP
Identifying and Addressing Ageism in Education: A Straightforward Intervention that can Improve Patient Care
Mallory M. Brown, MD