Causes of Racial Inequity in Healthcare

Causes of Racial Inequity in Healthcare

This course is part of Addressing Racial Health Inequity in Healthcare Specialization

Instructor: Minal R. Patel

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5 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

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5 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

Intermediate level

Some related experience required

1 week to complete

at 10 hours a week

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

What constitutes access to care, how geographic variation in healthcare contributes to racial and ethnic healthcare disparities
History of mistreatment of racial and ethnic groups within biomedical innovation and healthcare systems
The role of implicit bias in contributing to healthcare disparities

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Taught in English

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There are 5 modules in this course

The second course of the Addressing Racial Health Inequity in Healthcare specialization you will journey through a survey of critical drivers of racial inequities in healthcare. These critical drivers need to be known in order to implement interventions that can achieve health equity.

You will explore issues that arise around the financing of healthcare in the U.S, and how this system enables race-based disparities. You will then explore the multiple dimensions of access to care, and how various dimensions perpetuate racial inequities in care. You will also discuss the historical backdrop of mistreatment in healthcare settings that remains pervasive among racial groups. And finally, you will unpack implicit bias and how these biases influence diagnosis and treatment patterns among different racial groups.

Welcome to Causes of Racial Inequity in Healthcare! In this module, we will learn about how financing in the U.S. healthcare system works, how public health insurance systems are administered, and how these systems contribute to racial health inequities. We will examine this through insurance systems and hospitals. The many different insurance systems and hospital systems and how they connect financially are actually complex web.

What's included

7 videos11 readings1 assignment4 discussion prompts

7 videosTotal 26 minutes

Recap of History of Racial Inequity in Healthcare and Connections to this course2 minutes
Meet Your Professor1 minute
Public Insurance and Racial Inequity before the Affordable Care Act4 minutes
Current Contributions to Racial Inequity by Public Insurance5 minutes
Title VI and Public Insurance5 minutes
Limitations of Title VI3 minutes
Fixing Public Insurance in the U.S.6 minutes

11 readingsTotal 115 minutes

Course Syllabus5 minutes
Course Glossary of Terms5 minutes
Pre-Course Survey5 minutes
Economics of the U.S. Healthcare System11 minutes
Program Administration of Public Insurance Systems in the U.S.8 minutes
Financing of the Indian Health Service7 minutes
Up Next: An Interview with Professor Sara Rosenbaum J.D.1 minute
Introduction to Non-Profit Hospitals and Inequities1 minute
The Healthcare Divide between Rich and Poor Hospitals60 minutes
Hospital Price Discrimination and Policy Options12 minutes
Module 1 Optional Resources0 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 5 minutes

Lesson Quiz: Financing of Healthcare5 minutes

4 discussion promptsTotal 40 minutes

Meet Your Fellow Global Classmates10 minutes
Reflection: Features of Public Insurance & Racial Inequity10 minutes
Public Financing of Insurance Systems Across the World10 minutes
Reflection: Difference Among Different Types of Hospitals10 minutes

In this module, we will learn about what access to care actually means. To fully address healthcare access, there must be an effort to improve different areas to access. We will also examine the role of geography and place as it relates to racial inequities in healthcare.

What's included

4 videos7 readings2 assignments3 discussion prompts

4 videosTotal 29 minutes

Pharmacy Deserts- Structural Racism and Pharmacy Access11 minutes
Risk Factors for Pharmacy Closures in the U.S.4 minutes
Impact of Pharmacy Closures on Health7 minutes
Impacts of Pharmacy Deserts on Pandemic-related Disparities7 minutes

7 readingsTotal 71 minutes

Multiple Dimensions of Access to Care5 minutes
Geographic Variation in Healthcare—What is it?20 minutes
Access to Care and Geographic Variation in Other Contexts10 minutes
Geography and Racial and Ethnic Healthcare Disparities20 minutes
Access to Care in Rural America15 minutes
Up Next: An Interview with Dr. Dima Qato1 minute
Module 2 Optional Resources0 minutes

2 assignmentsTotal 15 minutes

Lesson Quiz: Access to Care and Geographical Dimensions10 minutes
Lesson Quiz: Geographic Variation & Racial/Ethnic Healthcare Disparities5 minutes

3 discussion promptsTotal 30 minutes

Reflection: Where You Live Matters10 minutes
Reflection: Pharmacy Closure10 minutes
Reflection: Access to Care and Healthcare Disparities10 minutes

In this module, we will learn about the long history of mistreatment of racial/ethnic groups in healthcare settings and in advancing biomedical innovation and understand why mistreatment is a cause of racial inequity in healthcare vs. the concept of mistrust.

What's included

8 readings2 assignments1 app item2 discussion prompts

8 readingsTotal 186 minutes

History of Biomedical Experimentation41 minutes
Tuskegee Syphilis Trials30 minutes
HELA Cells: The Story of Henrietta Lacks45 minutes
Establishment of Formal Review of Human Subjects Research15 minutes
Situating Mistrust in the Context of Mistreatment5 minutes
Eugenics and Sterilization40 minutes
Country/State Healthcare Structure Assignment10 minutes
Module 3 Optional Resources0 minutes

2 assignmentsTotal 6 minutes

Lesson Quiz: History of Mistreatment Within Biomedical Innovation5 minutes
Country/State Healthcare Structure Assignment Check1 minute

1 app itemTotal 60 minutes

Submit Your Country/State Healthcare Structure Assignment60 minutes

2 discussion promptsTotal 20 minutes

Reflection: What Ethical Issues Stood Out to You?10 minutes
Reflection: Mistreatment of Racial/Ethnic Groups Around the World10 minutes

Race and racism show up in many aspects of healthcare and the practice of medicine. In this module, we will examine modern-day racism and discrimination and how this shows up in healthcare. We will also examine the sources of where racial equity begins to show up in medicine through mechanisms of diagnosis and treatment patterns.

What's included

8 readings1 assignment1 discussion prompt

8 readingsTotal 129 minutes

Myths and Truths about the Reality of Racism5 minutes
Microaggressions45 minutes
Unchecked Racism Faced by Physicians of Color10 minutes
Race and Medical Journals20 minutes
Physician's Diagnosis8 minutes
Clinical Measurements15 minutes
Race and Pain26 minutes
Module 4 Optional Resources0 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 5 minutes

Lesson Quiz: How Race is Ubiquitous Within the Practice of Medicine5 minutes

1 discussion promptTotal 10 minutes

Reflection: Racism in Medicine Today10 minutes

Prejudice and discrimination are not only conscious but also show up in society and healthcare through unconscious means. This week, we will take a deep dive into implicit bias, and how it impacts the practice of medicine.

What's included

9 videos5 readings1 assignment3 discussion prompts

9 videosTotal 45 minutes

What is implicit Bias? Concepts and Definitions11 minutes
What is implicit Bias? Physician Attitudes and Racially Discordant Interactions4 minutes
What is implicit Bias? Patient Perceptions3 minutes
What is implicit Bias? Physician Behaviors3 minutes
What is implicit Bias? Patient Treatment Expectations, Attitudes, and Perceptions6 minutes
What is implicit Bias? Jointly Determine Behaviors in Patient-Physician Interactions7 minutes
What is implicit Bias? Solutions7 minutes
Course Wrap Up2 minutes
What's Next in the Series1 minute

5 readingsTotal 41 minutes

Up Next: An Interview with Dr. Lauren Hamel1 minute
Measuring Implicit Bias15 minutes
Can you Train a Provider to be Unbiased?15 minutes
Module 5 Optional Resources0 minutes
Post-Course Survey10 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 5 minutes

Lesson Quiz: Role of Implicit Bias in Diagnosis and Treatment Patterns5 minutes

3 discussion promptsTotal 30 minutes

Reflection: Other Implicit Biases You Heard of in Healthcare10 minutes
Reflection: Implicit Bias in Everyday Life10 minutes
Implicit Bias in Everyday Life10 minutes

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Minal R. Patel

University of Michigan

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