Physical and Mental health professionals cannot ignore the impact that various forms of bias play into the barriers to and disparities experience in the delivery of care. For instance, the concerns of women who present for treatment are more often ignored than those of men who present for treatment. And, the concerns of Black women, in particular, are ignored at their peril. This course explains the role of implicit and explicit bias in defining the systems that provide physical and mental health care in America. This course also includes strategies for individual professionals, and professionals in collaboration, to use in order to reduce disparities in access to and delivery of physical and mental health care services. This course meets the “Implicit Bias Training” requirements outlined under Michigan State Public Health Code.
https://frumtherapist.com/workshops/HealthCareDec1423222/viewImplicit Bias Training:
Increasing Understanding towards Reducing Barriers and Disparities in Access to and Delivery of Physical and Mental Health Care Services
Wednesday, December 10, 2025, 10:00 AM EST - 1:00 PM EST
Presenter: Kathryn Krase, Ph.D.,
Course Length: 3 Hours
This workshop Offers 3 Live Interactive Continuing Education Credits
Physical and Mental health professionals cannot ignore the impact that various forms of bias play into the barriers to and disparities experience in the delivery of care. For instance, the concerns of women who present for treatment are more often ignored than those of men who present for treatment. And, the concerns of Black women, in particular, are ignored at their peril. This course explains the role of implicit and explicit bias in defining the systems that provide physical and mental health care in America. This course also includes strategies for individual professionals, and professionals in collaboration, to use in order to reduce disparities in access to and delivery of physical and mental health care services. This course meets the “Implicit Bias Training” requirements outlined under Michigan State Public Health Code.
Program Agenda(3hours/180minutes, total)
1) Introductions
a. The instructor will introduce themself, and provide an opportunity for the participants to introduce themselves.
b. The presenter will summarize the content of the training.
c. Pretest will be
d. 10 minutes
2) Defining Implicit and Explicit Bias and related terms
a. Video and lecture will be used to differentiate implicit bias from explicit bias.
b. Other terms will be introduced for later application
c. 60 minutes
3) Exploring the impact of implicit and explicit bias on the development of systems of care. Discussion and videos will be used to explore how implicit and explicit bias have
impacted educational, housing, and medical systems.
b. Micro, mezzo and macro level impacts will be discussed.
c. 45 minutes
4) Assessing the impact of implicit bias on professional practice
a. Harvard University implicit bias tests, the social identity wheel and the courageous conversations compass will be used as tools to show how
professionals can evaluate the impact of implicit bias on their own professional practice experiences.
b. 25 minutes
5) Addressing implicit bias in the workplace
a. Research findings will be presented to show how implicit bias has impacted medical and behavioral health treatment of disabled people, and BIPOC
communities.
b. 30 minutes
6) Summary & Questions
a. Presenter will summarize opportunities for practice change as a result of the material explored in the session
b. Questions left unanswered during the training will be addressed in this time.
c. 10 minutes
