Description:

Unconscious Bias: Awareness, Impact, and Strategies in Higher Medical Education Recruitment

The academic medicine community is rich with examples of how diversity is critical to the health of our nation.  Unconscious bias can directly impact our ability to create and support a diverse and inclusive healthcare workforce.   Unconscious/implicit bias refers to the attitudes or stereotypes that affect our understanding, actions, and decisions in an unconscious manner.  This training session will explore unconscious bias, with a special focus on its impact on admissions and recruitment in undergraduate and graduate medical education.  

Friday, July 24th, 2020
12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Zoom Meeting
Join at: https://northwestern.zoom.us/j/94593313305
Alternate Livestream: https://youtu.be/L1z9Cbz_T8w

Please note:  This event is open only to the Northwestern University community*. To log in to this event, you must use Zoom on your computer, tablet or smartphone and be logged in using your Northwestern credentials. To set up your Northwestern Zoom account, click here.
 

To claim CME credit for this course, you must complete this survey within 48 hours of the event.

Welcome and Introductory Remarks:
Roopal V Kundu, MD
Associate Dean for MD Admissions, Associate Professor for Dermatology and Medical Education
Joshua L Goldstein, MD
Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Medical Education, and Neurology

Speakers:
Stefanie Hicks
Talent Acquisition Partner, Northwestern University
Cindy Aaronson
Senior Performance Consultant, Northwestern University

Chat Moderator:
Tiffany Brown
Talent Acquisition Coordinator, Northwestern University

Learning Objectives
At the end of this presentation, participants will be able to:

1.      Increase awareness of unconscious biases – what they are, why we all have them, and underlying science
2.      Identify how biases impact individual thoughts and actions
3.      Identify how biases impact our recruitment work and Northwestern community 
4.      Learn strategies to mitigate the negative impacts of bias  

Sponsored by the Feinberg Academy of Medical Educators.

Credit Designation Statement
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

Disclosure Statement
Speakers Stefanie Hicks and Cindy Aaronson have nothing to disclose. Course director Dr. Walter Eppich has nothing to disclose. FSM’s CME Leadership and Staff have nothing to disclose: Clara J. Schroedl, MD, Medical Director of Continuing Medical Education, Sheryl Corey, Manager of Continuing Medical Education, Rhea Alexis Banks and Allison McCollum. 

Accreditation Statement
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. 

 
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