Implicit Bias in Health Care ___________________________________________________________________
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IMPLICIT BIAS IN HEALTH CARE
Select the best answer for each question and mark your answers on the Final Examination Answer Sheet found on page 74, or complete your test online at BOOK.CME.EDU. A passing grade of at least 70% must be achieved in order to receive credit for this course.
11. 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
15. 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. 16. An implicit bias training is offered at a hospital, and a total of 50 health professionals attend. During the breakout session, training participants are assigned to discussion groups. One nurse agrees that implicit bias is prevalent, but she is quite sure she does not hold any implicit biases. Which developmental stage might this nurse be in? A) Defense B) Minimization C) Structural competence D) Counter-stereotype acceptance 17. If psychological safety is threatened, what might be a potential outcome in implicit bias training? A) Recriminations B) Self-confessions of guilt C) Health disparities increase D) Learning may be compromised
A) diversity. B) reflexivity. C) explicit bias. D) cultural humility.
12. What tool is used to quantitatively measure implicit bias? A) IAT
B) SOAP C) STOP D) fMRI
13. 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 14. 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 patients’ health and well-being
may reflect structural vulnerabilities driven in large part by social, cultural, economic, and institutional forces. 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.
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