Reviewing Nursing Education Content for Bias and Microaggressions: A Hands-On Workshop

Bias, shame, stereotype and stigma are pervasive in healthcare, with detrimental effects on the learning environment, student and faculty retention, and the health of our patients and communities. How can nursing educators learn to mitigate bias and integrate health equity into their teaching?

In this session, participants will have the opportunity to apply the bias checklist to their own educational content and ask questions regarding this approach.

1. Explain the need for supportive communications.
2. Describe the impact of bias in medical education and develop a common vocabulary for talking about bias in nursing and health professions education.
3. Apply a checklist-based approach to mitigating bias and microaggressions nursing educational content.
4. Describe key communication techniques to support learner well-being.
5. Identify common scenarios in which supportive communication approaches can be used.
6. Discuss strategies beyond educational content choices to make the learning environment more equitable and inclusive.

In support of improving patient care, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

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Amy E. Caruso Brown, MD, MSc, MSCS, HEC-C
Interim Chair of Bioethics and Humanities, Associate Professor of Bioethics and Humanities and of Pediatrics
SUNY Upstate Medical University