IFDHE webinar: supporting inclusive care through unconscious bias training
On this Institute for Diversity and Health Equity webinar, 2020 AHA Carolyn Boone Lewis Equity of Care Award honorees share efforts to deliver inclusive, culturally competent care.
Keith Stinson, emergency department nursing director at Chatham Hospital in rural North Carolina, and Kimberlydawn Wisdom, M.D., senior vice president and chief wellness and diversity officer at Henry Ford Health System in Detroit, discuss innovative staff training methods addressing the dynamics of unconscious biases, how to avoid uncomfortable interactions, and successful strategies for heightening bias awareness in the workplace.
View the webinar here.
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