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Clinical Interactions

August 21, 2018

Microaggressions in clinical interactions are injurious to health

The US population is becoming more diverse. The odds of intercultural doctor-patient interactions  are increasing rapidly. If you look at direct healthcare workers, ethnic minorities form the majority of the workforce. In any clinical encounter, both the clinician and the patient has to adhere to principles of civility and respectful interactions.

Data show that when patients experience microagressions during clinical interactions, they experience anxiety and depression. Their mistrust increases and their adherence to the careplan decreases.

When calinicians encounter racist or otherwise biased patients, they may choose to recuse themselves of unconsciously distance themselves from the patient resulting in poor quality care.

In keeping with the increasing diversity in the population, patients and clinicians should adhere to a code of conduct that included mutual respect and tolerance for each other.

 

 

Clinical Interactions,  Video Lessons

October 29, 2012

Elevating women to leadership roles will increase diversity of thought and perspective

The AAMC has acknowledged that women bring a different voice and a different perspective that can help solve many of the problems facing academic medicine today. Persistent gender stereotypes and other forms of unconscious bias hold back the careers of women. Though women made up nearly half of medical school assistant deans at fully accredited medical schools in 2013–2014, there is little sign of their advancing to the highest levels of leadership. Elevating women to leadership roles will increase diversity of thought and perspective. A recent article in the Harvard Business Review pointed out that while training programs and reporting systems won’t end sexual harassment. promoting more women will.

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