Implicit Bias: Culturally Sensitive Care for the Seriously Ill and Dying

PURPOSE:

Everyone wants and deserves respect and dignity from healthcare providers. When we do not understand another's cultural background, we run the risk of falling short of best practices in caring for those with serious illness or at end-of-life; a situation that does not allow "do-overs."

This conference will help participants discover their own implicit bias through self-reflection. You will learn from experts in the field on ways to improve organizational outreach to people with various cultural backgrounds and acquire organizational tools/resources to develop program metrics designed to improve culturally appropriate care.

CONFERENCE OBJECTIVES:

Define implicit bias behaviors and recognize your own implicit biases

Describe the lived experience of culturally insensitive care

Identify methods to educate/break barriers in diverse populations regarding palliative and hospice services

Identify strategies to decrease and/or remove implicit bias from healthcare organizations and care settings

Discuss implicit bias research and its application in healthcare settings

Discover the role of cultural humility in providing culturally sensitive care

WHO SHOULD ATTEND:

This conference is designed for: Physicians, Nurses, Social Workers, Counselors, Educators, Psychologists, Home Health Aides, Hospice Aides, Hospice Personnel, Clergy, Chaplains, Lay Ministers, those caring for people toward the end of life and the general public.

This event is approved for 3.5 CEU's

***Please bring your license number the day of the event***

AGENDA:

0730-0800: Registration, light refreshments, coffee and vendors

0800-0815: Welcome, housekeeping items and CE Requirements

0815-0915: Implicit Bias: What is it and why does it matter in healthcare

Speaker: Angie Stewart; Regional Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Trinity Health Michigan

0915-0930: Break/Vendors

0930-1100: The Lived Experience: Experts from the field on their past experiences and hopes for the future

Panelists: Ms. Sharon Kim, MPA; Associate Director at the U of M Center for Health and Research Transformation (CHRT)

Ms. Laura Moody, MSN, BSN, RN; Nursing Professor, member of Grand Rapids and National Black Nurses Association

Simin Beg, MD; Medical Director of Spectrum Health Hospice & Palliative Care

John Kim, MD; Internal Medicine resident at Trinity Health Saint Mary’s, future Hospice & Palliative Care Medicine Fellow at Corewell Health

1100-1115: Break/Vendors

1115-1215: Recognizing and Interrupting Bias in healthcare

Speaker: Angie Stewart; Regional Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Trinity Health Michigan

1215-1230: Final questions, Wrap up, CE certificates

TICKETS ARE NOW AVAILABLE: (200 spots)

$35.00 each, with or without the 3.5 CEU's.

SPONSORSHIPS: (10 spots)

$100 SILVER Sponsor (Includes vendor seat)

$150 GOLD Sponsor (Includes vendor seat PLUS TWO FREE TICKETS)

QUESTIONS? Reach out to us at: grendoflife@gmail.com

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