Monday, November 16, 2020

The Impact of Unconscious Bias in Healthcare

This high quality supplement article that was published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases is worth reading if you seek an academic perspective on the impact of unconscious bias in healthcare.

 A section that was particularly on point was the concept of going beyond cultural competency towards cultural humility- one that starts from a condition of empathy and proceeds through asking open ended questions to better understand others.

This is paper is now mandatory reading for the VCU Infectious Diseases service.