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3/23/23 Anesthesiology Grand Rounds - The Bias of Meritocracy: What we measure and Why?

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INTRODUCTION

Credit Hours: CME 1.00

Target Audience:

Anesthesiologists and anesthesiologists-in-training and other anesthesia professionals, nurse anesthetists and anesthesia assistants.

Educational Objectives:

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

  • Improve awareness of DEI on health care opportunities
  • Safeguard patients from biased presumptions based on DEI issues
  • Describe factors that may impact disparities in outcomes

Suggested Additional Reading & Joint Accreditation Statement - Note: This Accreditation Statement Supersedes All Other Statements:

Joint Accreditation Statement:

In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh 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.


The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine designates this enduring material activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Creditâ„¢. Each physician should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 


Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.

Suggested Additional Reading

  1. Schulman KA, Berlin JA, Harless William, et. al.  The Effect of Race and Sex on Physicians' Recommendations for Cardiac Catheterization. 1999; NEJM, 618-626.
  2. Davis, Dwight MD; Dorsey, J. Kevin MD, PhD; Franks, Ronald D. MD; Sackett, Paul R. PhD; Searcy, Cynthia A. PhD; Zhao, Xiaohui PhD. Do Racial and Ethnic Group Differences in Performance on the MCAT Exam Reflect Test Bias?. Academic Medicine 88(5):p 593-602, May 2013. | DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e318286803a
  3. Hauer KE, Lucey CR. Core Clerkship Grading: The Illusion of Objectivity. Acad Med. 2019 Apr;94(4):469-472. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000002413. PMID: 30113359.
  4. Teherani A, Hauer KE, Fernandez A, King TE Jr, Lucey C. How Small Differences in Assessed Clinical Performance Amplify to Large Differences in Grades and Awards: A Cascade With Serious Consequences for Students Underrepresented in Medicine. Acad Med. 2018 Sep;93(9):1286-1292. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000002323. PMID: 29923892.

Authors:
Naudia L. Jonassaint, MD MHS MBA — Interim Chief, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs, School of Medicine
Vice Chair, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Department of Medicine, Associate Professor of Medicine
No planners, members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships to disclose.
No other members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships with any companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

This activity is approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Creditâ„¢

The University of Pittsburgh is an affirmative action, equal opportunity institution.