In this Competency, advocating for diversity, equity, and inclusion in healthcare starts at the individual level of building understanding of key concepts and awareness of personal bias that impact interactions with those you care for, as well as fellow professionals. The Competency Assessment involves reflection and analysis of your own perceptions of self and others and for uncovering and addressing personal biases—all to further your efforts to be a champion of diversity, equity, and inclusion. There are no right or wrong answers in this Assessment. Rather, the aim is thorough and thoughtful responses.
To Prepare:
- Access the Analyzing Personal Bias template document. Review the required content to provide.
- Review the Module 1 and Module 2 Learning Resources for support in framing your analysis.
- Complete the Module 2 Exploratory activity: Learning Activity 3. You are required to choose at least three (3) tests of implicit bias. You are not required to share your test results as part of the Competency Assessment. However, your honest analysis of those results is encouraged. Review the relevant Learning Resources for guidance in understanding personal bias as you work to analyze your own.
To Complete the Competency Assessment
Using the Analyzing Personal Bias template document, respond to the following items in 3–4 pages. Note a reference page is included in the document. You may cite resources using the format that is familiar to you.
Part 1: Reflecting on Foundational Concepts
- Explain your understanding of the foundational concepts of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
- Explain how you define the concepts of advantage and disadvantage in the context of cultural differences.
- Describe a situation when you responded to differences in others with a sense of advantage or disadvantage. Explain the factors that contributed to that perception.
Part 2: Analyzing Personal Bias
- Summarize insights you gained from your Project Implicit Test results.,
- Analyze how your personal biases and values influence your thinking and behavior. Be specific with examples.,
- Describe a situation when you communicated with others in a biased way or experienced communication that was biased. Apply your understanding of personal bias to explain this example.,
- Explain your thoughts and feelings about the value of examining your personal biases—both as an individual and as a professional in the healthcare field.,
- Describe at least two (2) strategies for combatting implicit bias that you would choose for yourself., Explain your reasoning. Note: Do not include introspection as a strategy, which you have applied and summarized through the Implicit Association Tests.
Complete and Submit.