Implicit Bias in Health Care ___________________________________________________________________
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IMPLICIT BIAS IN HEALTH CARE
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56. Which of the following is a social characteristic that can trigger implicit biases? A) Age
62. Rather than viewing implicit bias as an invisible force (i.e., unconscious cognitive structure), behavioral theorists consider it a normal behavior.
B) Disability C) Skin tone D) All of the above
A) True B) False
63. How might critical theory or a structural perspective be integrated into the values and ethics of interprofessional collaboration and practice? A) Advocate for more neurologic imaging studies to examine how implicit bias affects the brain. B) Analyze how communications should reflect autonomous decision-making in its role in racism. C) The ethical responsibility is to advocate for policies that perpetuate and reinforce implicit biases. D) The role of health professionals is to focus less on the unconscious and instead emphasize explicit bias as the behaviors. 64. Which of the following statements regarding health disparities is FALSE? A) Health disparities are linked to disadvantaged groups. B) Health disparities refer to differences in health status and disease that are tied to structural inequities. C) There are no differences in life expectancies among African Americans and White Americans. D) The Institute of Medicine has implicated implicit bias in the development and continuance of health disparities.
57. Dr. X, a physician, acknowledges that she still has a lot to learn about different racial and ethnic minority groups. She is willing to learn from her patients and assume the role of learner. Dr. X is demonstrating
A) diversity. B) reflexivity. C) explicit bias. D) cultural humility.
58. Intersectionality is a term to describe the multiple facets of identity, including race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, sex, and age.
A) True B) False
59. What tool is used to quantitatively measure implicit bias? A) IAT
B) SOAP C) STOP D) fMRI
60. More than 4.6 million individuals have taken the IAT, and results indicate that the general population does not hold implicit biases.
65. Healthcare providers have implicit (and explicit) biases at a rate comparable to that of the general population.
A) True B) False
A) True B) False
61. Which of the following is NOT a risk factor in triggering implicit biases for health professionals? A) Uncertainty B) Cognitive dissonance C) Time pressure to make a rapid decision D) Heavy workload and feeling behind schedule
66. Research indicates that healthcare professionals’ implicit biases are not correlated with lower scores on patient/client satisfaction.
A) True B) False
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