GRAND ROUNDS: "Bias Breaks for Residency Admissions Committees"
Date
Zoom Webinar: https://ucsf.zoom.us/j/99411985751?pwd=bDd5dWg3bmZYamRVMjhBdjB5UEVudz09
"Bias Breaks for Residency Admissions Committees"
Summary:
- Define bias and review methods to identify bias
- Review a tool admission committees can utilize to train professionals on interviewing.
- Discuss potential sources of bias in virtual interviewing and techniques to mitigate the influence of bias in this setting.
Learning Objectives:
- Define bias and discuss how bias may affect our decision-making
- Learn the types of bias present in our cognition and decision making
- Identify manifestations of bias in admissions processes, policies, discussions, and decisions
- Apply strategies to mitigate bias in admissions processes, policies, discussions, and decisions
- Be able to establish a culture of bias recognition for admissions practitioners and committee members
- Begin to achieve more equitable admissions outcomes by recognizing and mitigating bias.
- Discuss ways in which virtual interviewing can introduce new areas of bias.
- Suggest approaches to dealing with these biases.
Type
Time Duration
Location
Zoom Webinar: https://ucsf.zoom.us/j/99411985751?pwd=bDd5dWg3bmZYamRVMjhBdjB5UEVudz09
"Bias Breaks for Residency Admissions Committees"
Summary:
- Define bias and review methods to identify bias
- Review a tool admission committees can utilize to train professionals on interviewing.
- Discuss potential sources of bias in virtual interviewing and techniques to mitigate the influence of bias in this setting.
Learning Objectives:
- Define bias and discuss how bias may affect our decision-making
- Learn the types of bias present in our cognition and decision making
- Identify manifestations of bias in admissions processes, policies, discussions, and decisions
- Apply strategies to mitigate bias in admissions processes, policies, discussions, and decisions
- Be able to establish a culture of bias recognition for admissions practitioners and committee members
- Begin to achieve more equitable admissions outcomes by recognizing and mitigating bias.
- Discuss ways in which virtual interviewing can introduce new areas of bias.
- Suggest approaches to dealing with these biases.
Speakers
Sunshine “Sunny” Nakae, PhD, MSW is dedicated to access and equity in medical education and healthcare through transformative leadership and practice. She collaborates with campus constituencies and community partners to build capacity for justice in medicine and society through teaching, mentorship, and innovation. Dr. Nakae began her career as a director for Diversity at the University of Utah School of Medicine in Salt Lake City, Utah, and later served in the same role at the Feinberg School at Medicine at Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois. She then served as Assistant Dean for Admissions, Recruitment, and Student Life at the Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine where she also joined the academy as an Assistant Professor of Medical Education. Dr. Nakae moved to Southern California to serve as Associate Dean for Student Affairs and Associate Professor of Social Medicine, Population, and Public Health at the University of California, Riverside School of Medicine. She currently serves as the Senior Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Partnership at CUSM.