DEI: Implicit Bias

Thursday, May 19, 2022

8:40 AM – 9:20 AM EDT

Location: Chatham Ballroom

Speaker(s)

Meshell Johnson, MD

Chief, Pulmonary/Critical Care/Sleep Medicine, San Francisco VA Health Care System, Professor of Medicine, UCSF
University of California, San Francisco
UCSF
San Francisco, California

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Jessica W. T Leung, MD, FACR, FSBI

Professor
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas

This session aims to address the concept of implicit bias and how its presence contributes to health disparities. We will discuss why implicit bias exists, how it shows up in everyday life, and how it surfaces in the field of breast imaging. We will conclude with how to assess bias and what factors can be done to mitigate its impact.

Learning Objectives:

Define implicit bias
Give an example of implicit bias in their lives and in their work
Have at least two interventions to mitigate implicit bias