Completion of this course will better enable the course participant to:

• Know how the history of race in America informs the development of racial implicit bias.
• Explain the definition of implicit bias and how it differs from explicit bias.
• Describe factors that contribute to the development of implicit bias.
• Describe research related to the impact of implicit bias on the clinical encounter and patient referrals.
• Describe the relationship between racial implicit bias and healthcare disparities.
• Describe strategies to mitigate the impact of implicit bias in decision making.