Implicit Bias in Healthcare 1-Hour Compliance Training

$25.00

1 Contact Hour

Required For: CA,IL,NJ

About the course

IMPLICIT BIAS TRAINING – 1 HOUR (INTERPROFESSIONAL)

This comprehensive 1-hour interprofessional course equips healthcare providers with a deep understanding of implicit bias and its impacts on patient care. Through real-world case examples and evidence-based practices, you'll explore how biases—especially related to race, gender, and socioeconomic status—can uniquely affect individuals with intersecting identities. You'll gain practical tools and actionable strategies to effectively identify, interrupt, and mitigate bias in your daily clinical interactions. This course specifically meets mandatory implicit bias training standards in Illinois (Section 1130.500), California (AB 2319), and New Jersey (Bill A1079).

Renew Now CE is jointly accredited through AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare 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, ensuring your compliance with state requirements.

Course Highlights:

Nationally accredited interprofessional continuing education
Up-to-date, peer-reviewed content by healthcare experts
User-friendly online learning platform
Average course rating: 4.7/5 stars
Efficient path to compliance and license renewal

Learning Objectives:

Clearly differentiate implicit bias from explicit bias, and describe how each impacts individuals with intersecting identities.
Recognize and describe the root causes, formation processes, harmful effects, and broader impacts of implicit bias related to race, gender, socioeconomic status, and intersecting identities.
Apply proven strategies to identify, interrupt, and mitigate implicit biases effectively during clinical interactions with diverse patient populations.

Course Content Requirements: This implicit bias training covers all required elements, including:

Identification of unconscious biases and misinformation.
Examination of personal, interpersonal, institutional, structural, and cultural barriers.
Strategies for corrective measures at individual and organizational levels.
Exploration of historical and contemporary impacts of exclusion on minority communities.
Effective communication techniques across diverse identities.
Power dynamics and organizational decision-making processes.
Specific discussions on health inequities in perinatal care and reproductive justice.
Inclusion of diverse local perspectives on racial, cultural, and community-provider relationships.

Course Details:

Original Release Date: 6/1/2025
Most Recent Review: 6/1/2025
Expiration Date: 5/30/2026

In compliance with Accreditation requirements, Renew Now CE has reviewed all disclosures from individuals in a position to control content. The following individuals have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose: Joanna Nolte, APRN, MSN, and Tamarah Jungklaus, APRN, MSN

Target Audience:

This 1-hour course is ideal for an interprofessional audience nationwide, including:

All healthcare professionals licensed or registered under the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation as per Section 1130.500.
Professionals licensed under Division 2 of California's Business and Professions Code who provide perinatal care and require compliance with AB 2319.
Physicians, physician assistants, nurses, certified nurse midwives, certified professional midwives, and certified midwives in New Jersey providing prenatal or perinatal care as mandated by Bill A1079.

CE Credit Information:

CE credit provided by AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare.

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare and Renew Now CE. AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare 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.

This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 1.0 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change.

Physicians
AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Pharmacists
AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare designates this continuing education activity for 1.0 contact hours.

Physician Associate
AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare has been authorized by the American Academy of Physician Associates (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 1.0 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. Approval is valid until 6/30/2026. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.

Dental
AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare is an ADA CERP Recognized Provider. ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education. ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual courses or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of credit hours by boards of dentistry. Concerns or complaints about a CE provider may be directed to the provider or to the Commission for Continuing Education Provider Recognition at ADA.org/CERP.

AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare designates this activity for 1.0 continuing education credits.

Concerns or complaints about a CE provider may be directed to the provider, or to the Commission for Continuing Education Provider Recognition at ADA.org/CERP.

Psychologists
Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP Office maintains responsibility for the content of the programs.

Optometrists
AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare designates this asynchronous activity for a maximum of 1.0 COPE credit hours. Optometrists should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Social Workers
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. AKH Inc. Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 1.0 culture competence continuing education credits.

Commercial Support
There is no commercial support for this activity.

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Original Release Date: TBD
Most Recent Review: TBD
Expiration Date: TBD