Unconscious Bias in Healthcare

gentleness, humility, hospitality, wisdom, gratitude

what are the core values of desales?

unconscious bias

social stereotypes (often about groups of people) that form outside of one’s own conscious awareness, ingrained habits of mind that can impact how we perceive, remember, reason or make decisions

bias

tendency or inclination that results in judgements without question, can be overt and conscious or unconscoius

create awareness that bias may be influencing us

What is the goal of preventing unconscious bias?

how are brains work

metacognition

pattern recognition, analytic thinking

dual processing theory consists of what two things?

pattern recognition

intuitive, heuristically drive, largely unconscious

analytic thinking

deliberate, takes place under conscious control

rapid cognition

first, immediate intuitive response to a person, object or event, finding patterns based on small amounts of information

affinity

immediate connection with someone like ourselves

selective attention

we only see part of what is happening around us

perception

assumptions about certain groups, creation of stereotypes

confirmation bias

only accept information that validates current beliefs or ideas

obesity

according to WHO this is defined as an abnormal or excessive fat accumulation that presents a risk to health

Adolphe Quetelet, Ancel Keys

What two guys were involved in the history of BMI?

BMI

what is the standard indicator for obestiy?

mesomorphic

muscular and athletci

endomorphic

rounded and stout

ectomorphic

tall and thin

stigma

physical characteristics or character traits that mark the bearer as having lower social value