YOU. ARE. AMAZING.
You care about overcoming implicit bias in the health, medical, and research fields … and this Action Pack can help you!
Our team at Salud America!, led by Dr. Amelie Ramirez of UT Health San Antonio, is excited you’re taking this big step.
This Action Pack has 3 steps for you to take a test to see if you have implicit bias, understand your results and learn from others who have overcome implicit bias, and encourage your colleagues to learn about implicit bias, too.
Before You Start…
Check out these customizable materials:
💬 FAQs. Learn about implicit bias. How’s it measured? Rewired?
📰 Infographic. Why should you and others in the health, medical, and research fields care about implicit bias?
📣 Technical Assistance. All of our action pack coaches, Alyssa Gonzales, Catherine Wilson, and Cliff Despres, can answer questions and help customize materials for you. Email us: saludamerica@uthscsa.edu.
Step 1: Take an “Implicit Association Test (IAT)” to Help Identify Implicit Bias
IAT was created by Harvard University and other researchers to help identify implicit bias by measuring the strength with which concepts (i.e., race, skin color) are associated with attributes such as good or bad.
📔 Take the “Race IAT” or “Skin Tone IAT” (External Site). After you’re done, come back here and move on to Step 2 of this action pack.
Step 2: Evaluate Your IAT Results on Implicit Bias
To help you reflect on your IAT results, the Kirwan Institute at The Ohio State University has a fact sheet, “Making Sense of Your IAT Results.” Then you can learn from others in the health, medical, and research fields who have overcome implicit bias to help others.
📔 Fact Sheet: Making Sense of Your IAT Results (PDF)
📣 Learn from Real Stories of Overcoming Implicit Bias:
- Jabraan Pasha, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
- Kelly Capatosto, Ohio State University
- Rogelio Saenz, University of Texas at San Antonio
- Kendra Gage, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
- Maria Hernandez, Impact4Health
- Denise Hernández, Education/Health Nonprofit
Step 3: Encourage a Colleague to Take the IAT and Learn about Implicit Bias
Spread the word about the need to identify and address implicit bias among your colleagues in the health, medical, and research fields.
📨 Sample Social media messages (Word)
📰 Sample Social Media Images: For Providers 1, 2, 3 (jpg); For Researchers 1, 2 (jpg)
Get Help Anytime!
All of our action pack coaches, Alyssa Gonzales, Catherine Wilson, and Cliff Despres, can answer questions and help customize materials for you. Email us: saludamerica@uthscsa.edu.
And at the end of your efforts, we would love to share your story about identifying and overcoming implicit bias on our national website among our other Salud Heroes!
Look to the Future!
And you don’t have to stop here, either.
Working to understand one’s own implicit bias is important to overcoming mechanisms by which people discriminate against people of color and/or justify people being in poverty.
Addressing systemic racism and discrimination is just as important, if not more so.
Download the free Salud America! Action Pack, “Get Your City to Declare Racism a Public Health Crisis,” to get input from local advocates of color, start a conversation with local leaders, and build local support for a resolution to declare racism a public health issue along with a commitment to take meaningful action to change policies and practices.