Recognizing and Reckoning With Unconscious Bias: A Workshop for Health Professions Faculty Search Committees

Introduction As part of national efforts to reduce disparities in access to care, health professions schools have committed to increasing the proportion of faculty members from underrepresented minority groups. Responsibility for recruiting and vetting candidates for faculty positions, however, tend...

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Autor principal:	Peter S. Cahn
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Publicado:	Association of American Medical Colleges 2017
Materias:	Unconscious Bias Cognitive Error Faculty Affairs Group on Faculty Affairs GFA Faculty Search Committees Medicine (General) R5-920 Education L
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:45b7cc6b7897487385c64f201bffe7782021-12-03T14:15:57ZRecognizing and Reckoning With Unconscious Bias: A Workshop for Health Professions Faculty Search Committees10.15766/mep_2374-8265.105442374-8265https://doaj.org/article/45b7cc6b7897487385c64f201bffe7782017-02-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.mededportal.org/doi/10.15766/mep_2374-8265.10544https://doaj.org/toc/2374-8265Introduction As part of national efforts to reduce disparities in access to care, health professions schools have committed to increasing the proportion of faculty members from underrepresented minority groups. Responsibility for recruiting and vetting candidates for faculty positions, however, tends to rest in decentralized search committees that may receive no training in the science of human judgment. Simply as a product of living in a stratified culture, we form unthinking stereotypes about certain groups of people. Fortunately, when people become sensitized to their unconscious biases, they can minimize cognitive errors. Methods This 2-hour workshop is designed to introduce health professions faculty search committee members to the concept of unconscious bias and to spur reflection on how it can influence the decisions they make. In small-group activities, participants create and test materials that can facilitate their efforts to hire qualified candidates. Results Search committee members who attended the workshop consistently rated it somewhat or very helpful in carrying out their roles. At one institution, the proportion of faculty members from underrepresented minority groups has increased each year that the workshop has been implemented. Discussion The modules follow the work flow of a typical search process and are generalizable to any health professions department. While the challenge of diversifying the faculty involves many factors external to a university, calling search committee members' attention to unconscious bias is a strategy that faculty affairs officers can control.Peter S. CahnAssociation of American Medical CollegesarticleUnconscious BiasCognitive ErrorFaculty AffairsGroup on Faculty AffairsGFAFaculty Search CommitteesMedicine (General)R5-920EducationLENMedEdPORTAL, Vol 13 (2017)
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description	Introduction As part of national efforts to reduce disparities in access to care, health professions schools have committed to increasing the proportion of faculty members from underrepresented minority groups. Responsibility for recruiting and vetting candidates for faculty positions, however, tends to rest in decentralized search committees that may receive no training in the science of human judgment. Simply as a product of living in a stratified culture, we form unthinking stereotypes about certain groups of people. Fortunately, when people become sensitized to their unconscious biases, they can minimize cognitive errors. Methods This 2-hour workshop is designed to introduce health professions faculty search committee members to the concept of unconscious bias and to spur reflection on how it can influence the decisions they make. In small-group activities, participants create and test materials that can facilitate their efforts to hire qualified candidates. Results Search committee members who attended the workshop consistently rated it somewhat or very helpful in carrying out their roles. At one institution, the proportion of faculty members from underrepresented minority groups has increased each year that the workshop has been implemented. Discussion The modules follow the work flow of a typical search process and are generalizable to any health professions department. While the challenge of diversifying the faculty involves many factors external to a university, calling search committee members' attention to unconscious bias is a strategy that faculty affairs officers can control.
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Recognizing and Reckoning With Unconscious Bias: A Workshop for Health Professions Faculty Search Committees

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