MORNING SESSION 2
WORKSHOP
10:15 – 11:30 a.m.
Gray Seminar Room
“She Should Smile More”: Gender Bias in Medical Education Assessment
This workshop will focus on recognizing, reducing, and reframing gender biases.
Recognizing bias: Participants will take an online Implicit Association Test. We will discuss people’s reactions to the test/their results. We will discuss how to use the IAT to raise awareness of identity biases.
Reducing bias: Participants will be placed into small groups. Written comments will be provided for groups to discuss whether they contain gendered language or bias. Groups will rewrite comments to neutralize bias. We will then explore the exercise as a large group.
Reframing bias: A video will be shown of a committee evaluation where a faculty member makes a biased comment about a trainee. Attendees will then pair off and practice statements they might make to address the faculty member. After the role playing, the large group will discuss what phrases worked. Examples of possible scripts to use will be provided to attendees.
Learning ObjectivesAt the conclusion of this workshop, participants will:
- Participants will increase their understanding of how bias might present in health care educational assessments.
- Participants will take the Implicit Association Test (IAT) to identify gender biases they may hold.
- Participants will then dissect written comments from student assessments and decide whether they contain evidence of gender bias.
- Participants will role-play effective responses to biased comments to prepare them for encountering bias in the workplace and specifically in educational assessments.
Please note: It is recommended you bring a laptop if you wish to participate in the IAT
