Beyond Bias: Unconscious Bias and Cultural Humility in Medical Education and Practice

Description:

This interactive workshop explores how unconscious bias influences clinical care, teaching, assessment, and professional interactions, and how cultural humility offers a practical framework for responding to these biases in meaningful and sustainable ways. Rather than framing bias as a personal failing, the session positions it as a universal cognitive process that requires ongoing reflection, awareness, and intentional practice. Participants will engage in facilitated reflective activities and applied scenarios that surface common assumptions and patterns of thinking that can shape decision-making in healthcare and academic environments. Through guided discussion, participants will examine how unconscious bias may affect learner assessment, patient interactions, team dynamics, and institutional culture. Central to the session is the concept of cultural humility, emphasizing lifelong learning, curiosity, and recognition of power imbalances rather than mastery or expertise. Participants will explore how cultural humility differs from cultural competence and how it can be integrated into everyday professional practice. The workshop prioritizes psychological safety and dialogue, encouraging participants to pause, reflect, and respond more thoughtfully in moments where bias may influence judgment. Practical strategies are provided to support more inclusive, respectful, and equitable learning and care environments.

This workshop is part of the Schulich CPD-EDID Workshop Series. Schulich faculty are priority registrants but it is open to all Western faculty, all health professions educators and all learners in the health professions.

For more information, visit: EDID Workshop Series or contact us at cpdedidteam@groups.uwo.ca 

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