Recognizing Implicit Bias: A Guide for Rehabilitation Professionals

PT, PTA, OT, OTA, SLP – this podcast may help you meet your continuing education requirements. Access Relias Academy to review course certificate information.

Do your biases interfere with your interactions with others or impact your clinical decisions? Do you know the difference between implicit and explicit bias and how to recognize microaggressions? Today we talk with Dr. Gary Johnson and Dr. Victoria Smith, who are both physical therapists with extensive training in diversity, equity, and inclusion. Terms will be defined and applied to academic and clinical settings, along with ways to mitigate challenges.

(2:35) Ground Rules for Discussion

(5:23) Speakers’ Qualifications

(8:22) Implicit Bias Exercise

(13:47) Microaggressions and Stereotypes

(15:44) Implicit and Explicit Bias

(16:55) Cognitive Bias

(19:36) Health Equity, Inequity, and Disparity (19:36)

(25:07) Ableism

(27:34) Implicit Association Test

(29:44) Impact of Biases on Healthcare

(36:50) Clinical Environment and Biases

(40:10) Mitigating Challenges in Academia

(43:02) Mitigating Challenges in Clinical Work

(49:09) Summary Recommendations

(53:15) Conclusion

The content for this course was created by Gary E. Johnson, PT, DPT, SCS, ATC-L.

The content for this course was created by Victoria Smith, PT, DPT, PCS, MPH

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Resources

Professional Resources:

APTA: www.apta.org

 

AOTA: Guide Acknowledging Impact Discrimination Stigma Implicit Bias https://www.aota.org/-/media/Corporate/Files/Practice/Guide-Acknowledging-Impact-Discrimination-Stigma-Implicit-Bias.pdf

 

ASHA: Look at Your Blind Spots

https://leader.pubs.asha.org/doi/full/10.1044/leader.FMP.22112017.6

 

Government Agencies:

CDC Health Equity: https://www.cdc.gov/healthequity/racism-disparities/index.html

 

Implicit Association Test (IAT): https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/takeatest.html

Project Implicit: https://www.projectimplicit.net/

 

Institute of Medicine: Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25032386/

 

National Center for Cultural Competence: https://nccc.georgetown.edu/