Influence of Bias on Clinical Decision Making for LMTs

Course Name: Influences of Bias on Clinical Decision-Making for LMTs

Catalog Course # CAT45

Description

This course explores various types of unconscious biases in healthcare, in an effort to make massage therapists more self-aware and avoid making ethical errors with clinical decisions. 

This is a 1-hour course.  All lesson quizzes are multiple-choice.  There are 4 possible points for this course and consists of 4 questions designed to test knowledge of the lesson, objectives, and section goals.  Students must successfully answer 3 of the 4 questions correctly to receive completion for that individual section.  Students must attain an overall score of 3 out of 4, which is equivalent to 75% or better to pass the course.  Students will be allowed to retake each section quiz after re-studying the course material for a minimum of 5 minutes.  There are 4 possible points for this course.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

  1. Identify the top 10 unconscious bias types.
  2. Define the difference between the halo and horn effect
  3. Recognize their own bias
  4. Learn strategies to create effective change when making clinical decisions
  5. Implement change in their office/institution to change policy to minimize bias

 

Approvals

PACE #CAT45

NCBTMB #

Price: $20

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