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Implicit Bias Training: Monday Night and Wednesday Night Medicine
Monday Night Medicine – Implicit Bias Training*
On November 7, 2022, from 6:30 – 8:00 pm, Nneka Sederstrom, PhD, MPH, MA, FCCP, FCCM, will provide implicit bias training. This session will address biases and understanding how “you bring you” into the room with patients, along with some techniques on how to upfront those biases and begin trust building. This session is approved for 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.
Doctor Sederstrom is the Chief Health Equity Officer for Hennepin Healthcare. Prior to joining Hennepin, she was Director of the Clinical Ethics Department at Children’s Minnesota. Additionally, she was Director of the Center for Ethics at MedStar Washington Hospital Center in Washington, DC, where she also led the Spiritual Care Department and was the creator and Executive Director of the Journal of Hospital Ethics. She is a recognized national speaker on many topics including racism, racial disparities, bias, crisis standards of care and treatment, end-of-life care, and many aspects of diversity and ethics.
Wednesday Night Medicine - Implicit Bias Training**
New this fall, the Wednesday Night Medicine program will cover implicit bias training. On October 26 and November 30, 6:00 – 8:00 pm, Alyssa Hadley Dunn, Ph.D., will provide a dynamic and interactive presentation. This session offers participants a general introduction to key concepts of equity in healthcare, including implicit bias and intercultural communication. Each session is approved for 2 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.
Doctor Hadley Dunn is an Associate Professor of Teacher Education at Michigan State University. She has been at MSU for eight years and, before that, was an assistant professor of urban education at Georgia State University. A former high school teacher, Doctor Dunn now focuses her teaching, research, and service on education for social and racial justice. She has written two award-winning books and dozens of journal articles and her third book was recently published in 2021: Teaching on Days After: Educating for Equity in the Wake of Injustice (Teachers College Press, December 2021). A committed public scholar, she has been a contributor to the Huffington Post and National Public Radio. She is also a diversity trainer and facilitator for healthcare professionals around the U.S.
Reducing Unconscious Bias - an Imperative (RUBI): Foundation and Impacts on Patient Care***
The MSMS Foundation worked with Henry Ford Health System on a two-part series, titled, “Reducing Unconscious Bias - an Imperative (RUBI): Foundation and Impacts on Patient Care,” which includes a one-hour on-demand video followed by a one-hour live webinar. To meet the implicit bias requirement, physicians will need to complete Part 1 and Part 2 to receive 2 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.
After completing Part 1, participants may choose either of the following Part 2 sessions to complete the activity:
November 16, 2022
November 30, 2022
For more information on Implicit Bias training options, visit https://connect.msms.org/Education-Events/Calendar-of-Events
Statement of Accreditation: The Michigan State Medical Society (MSMS) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
* AMA Credit Designation Statement: The MSMS designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
** AMA Credit Designation Statement: The MSMS designates this live activity for a maximum of 2 AMA PRA Category Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
***AMA Credit Designation Statement: The MSMS designates this other activity (Two Part Activity, Part 1 Enduring Material and Part 2 Live) for a maximum of 2 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Nurses: The ACCME is approved by the Board of Nursing as an acceptable provider of continuing education for license renewal or relicensure.