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| Heads Up! |
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USE OUR CURRICULUM/CME
MODULE
Designed for use in PA programs and
by constituent organizations, this
AAPA-approved CME "Heads Up!"
module features full-text readings,
background, a power-point
presentation, and post-test make this
tool easily integrated in to PA training
program curriculum.
SEE THE MODULE
MODULE
Designed for use in PA programs and
by constituent organizations, this
AAPA-approved CME "Heads Up!"
module features full-text readings,
background, a power-point
presentation, and post-test make this
tool easily integrated in to PA training
program curriculum.
SEE THE MODULE
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Contact us and learn how to use this
project in you organization for
continuing education, curriculum, and
promoting awareness about health
disparities.
STATE CHAPTERS
Bring this awareness project to your
state association. Engage members in
decreasing the impact of racial and
other cultural health disparities, by
increasing awareness using this
project. Use this project as a state
project, as well as a tool to collaborate
with colleagues in your state already
focused on these issues.
LEARN MORE
Contact us and learn how to use this
project in you organization for
continuing education, curriculum, and
promoting awareness about health
disparities.
STATE CHAPTERS
Bring this awareness project to your
state association. Engage members in
decreasing the impact of racial and
other cultural health disparities, by
increasing awareness using this
project. Use this project as a state
project, as well as a tool to collaborate
with colleagues in your state already
focused on these issues.
LEARN MORE
"HEADS UP!" CME FOR AAPA
MEMBERS
AAPA members will soon be able to
earn free CME by completing reading
materials and taking a post-test at the
AAPA web site. Free for members,
this CME adds value to members, and
provides additional support to PAs
interested in decreasing racial and
other health disparities.
Watch this space for a revised link.
MEMBERS
AAPA members will soon be able to
earn free CME by completing reading
materials and taking a post-test at the
AAPA web site. Free for members,
this CME adds value to members, and
provides additional support to PAs
interested in decreasing racial and
other health disparities.
Watch this space for a revised link.
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EFFORT TO SPOTLIGHT
CLINICIAN STEREOTYPING
AND IMPLICIT BIAS
In November 2007, the American
Academy of Physician Assistants'
(AAPA) Committee on Diversity
launched "Heads Up!," an awareness
campaign aimed at reducing racial and
ethnic disparities in health care.
For three months, signage addressing
the issues of racial health care
disparities, unconscious racial
stereotyping, and implicit racial bias
by clinicians was placed on University
of Washington Health Sciences
Express shuttle busses. The buses
are used by thousands of medical and
health care students and clinicians
who travel daily between Seattle's
University of Washington School of
Medicine and its teaching partner
institution, Harborview Medical Center.
LEARN MORE
CLINICIAN STEREOTYPING
AND IMPLICIT BIAS
In November 2007, the American
Academy of Physician Assistants'
(AAPA) Committee on Diversity
launched "Heads Up!," an awareness
campaign aimed at reducing racial and
ethnic disparities in health care.
For three months, signage addressing
the issues of racial health care
disparities, unconscious racial
stereotyping, and implicit racial bias
by clinicians was placed on University
of Washington Health Sciences
Express shuttle busses. The buses
are used by thousands of medical and
health care students and clinicians
who travel daily between Seattle's
University of Washington School of
Medicine and its teaching partner
institution, Harborview Medical Center.
LEARN MORE
END IT IS NEW 2011
COLLABORATION BETWEEN
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF
MEDICINE, PHYSICIAN
ASSISTANTS FOR HEALTH
EQUITY, THE WASHINGTON
ACADEMY OF PHYSICIAN
ASSISTANTS
Winter 2011 brings a new initiative
from the AAPA Health Disparities Work
Group, the National Library of
Medicine, AAPA Special Interest Group
Physician Assistants for Health Equity,
and the Washington Academy of
Physician Assistants. The effort
focuses on creating a tool for PAs and
other providers promoting awareness
of clinician bias and stereotyping. The
project also highlights related data
indicating that increased awareness
can decrease the activation of the
biases that result in unequal
treatment.
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