Responding to Microaggressions - April 1 2025
Target Audience
This activity is designed for physicians of any specialty who are involved in teaching residents, fellows and students. The workshop is designed to help these educators to improve their own skills in responding to microaggressions, and to pass on knowledge and skills to their learners. Other learner groups such as all other Geisinger staff would also benefit from this education.
Learning Objectives
At the completion of this course, the participant should be able to:
- examine personal biases including unconscious bias
- practice recognition of bias, discrimination and prejudice in the clinical setting
- develop and practice responses to a microaggression, with the aim of maintaining relationships with colleagues and patients but lessening the impact of the microaggression
- improve comfort and skill in leading a team debrief in response to a microaggression
• Facilitator does Intro. Learner instructions, set up 2 take-away
• Sam: Define Boal process
Participants will become active: start with discussion, move to physical interaction, then participation.
Accreditation
In support of improving patient care, Geisinger College of Health Sciences is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Credit Designation
Geisinger College of Health Sciences designates this live activity for a maximum of 4.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the educational activity.
Disclosure Policy
Faculty and all others who have the ability to control the content of continuing education activity sponsored by Geisinger College of Health Sciences must disclose to the program audience whether they do or do not have any real or apparent conflict(s) of interest or other relationships related to the content of their presentation(s).
Commercial Support
None
Available Credit
- 4.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 4.50 Participation Credit