Implicit Bias Training: Increasing Understanding Towards Reducing Barriers and Disparities in Access to and Delivery of Physical and Mental Health Care Services

About the Course

Physical and Mental health professionals cannot ignore the impact that various forms of bias play into the barriers to and disparities experience in the delivery of care. For instance, the concerns of women who present for treatment are more often ignored than those of men who present for treatment. And, the concerns of Black women, in particular, are ignored at their peril. This course explains the role of implicit and explicit bias in defining the systems that provide physical and mental health care in America. This course also includes strategies for individual professionals, and professionals in collaboration, to use in order to reduce disparities in access to and delivery of physical and mental health care services. This course meets the “Implicit Bias Training” requirements outlined under Michigan State Public Health Code.

This course is based on the recorded webinar, Implicit Bias Training: Increasing Understanding Towards Reducing Barriers and Disparities in Access to and Delivery of Physical and Mental Health Care Services created by Kathryn Krase, Ph.D., J.D., M.S.W. in 2022.

Publication Date

1st Edition 12/1/222

Course Material Author

Recommended For

Counselors, marriage and family therapists, psychologists and social workers. This course is appropriate for intermediate and above levels of knowledge.

Course Objectives:

After taking this course, you should be able to:

1. Identify central terms related to implicit and explicit bias.
2. Discuss the impact of implicit and explicit bias on the development of systems that provide physical and mental health care.
3. Apply a framework to assess the impact of implicit bias in their professional practice.
4. Demonstrate ways to address implicit bias in their workplaces.

Availability

This course is available starting Dec 21st, 2022 and expires Jan 4th, 2031