Healthcare Disparity in Maternal Patients: How to Conquer Implicit Bias

Healthcare Disparity in Maternal Patients: How to Conquer Implicit Bias is organized by Baptist Health South Florida.

Course opens: 11/01/2020
Course expires: 10/31/2023

Description:
Maternal health quality and equity are important to Baptist Health. Among the 4 million births in the United States every year, approximately 700 women die from pregnancy-related causes. This Pathway will provide resources to understand how implicit (unconscious) bias, healthcare disparities, and social determinates may contribute to maternal mortality and morbidity. It is our hope that these resources will assist participants to better understand the gaps in care needs and how best to significantly reduce their occurrence.  

We all possess innate biases that may cause us to treat patients differently without our even being aware of it. At the end of this course, you should be able to take a second look at instances in your patient interactions that might cause misunderstandings. It is important to be able to identify ways that we can, within ourselves, our hospitals, and our healthcare systems, reduce disparities in healthcare.

Learning Objectives:

• Self-assess communication barriers with patients to better assess patient needs and thereby reduce maternal morbidity and mortality.
• Identify the unconscious biases that exist within ourselves that may inadvertently limit access to high-quality care.