I am a Community Member

who has lived experience with the biases addressed by the Checklist

Let’s talk! The Checklist is ultimately intended to help people who need healthcare. Please feel free to contact us here to share your thoughts on how we can do better.

who wants to adapt the Checklist for use outside of healthcare

While the Bias Checklist was designed for use in health professions education, we have heard from people in law, science, veterinary medicine and theology about potential adaptations to other fields. Please reach out to us here and we will answer your questions as best we can.

I am an Administrator

At a school currently using the checklist

You may be interested in…

• Identifying and overcoming barriers to Bias Checklist implementation →

• Evaluating the impact of the Bias Checklist at your school →

At a school thinking about using the checklist

You may be interested in…

• Learning more about the resources needed for programmatic or institutional implementation →

• Offering professional development to faculty at your institution →

I am an Educator

BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES

We know mitigating bias can sometimes feel irrelevant when all we are talking about is protein-protein interactions. We want to help you think a little differently. Check out this video to get started: link coming soon!

MEDICINE

The Bias Checklist has been using at all levels of medical education, including preclinical and clinical undergraduate, graduate and continuing medical education. Educators have even assigned it to students to use when developing their own presentations as part of class assignments. Each has some unique considerations.

Nursing

The Nursing members of the Bias Checklist Collaborative have formed a nursing-focused group. For more information, please contact Sarah Jennings (email: sajennin@nmu.edu).

Public HEalth AND OTHER HEALTH PROFESSIONS

We welcome new collaborations across disciplines in healthcare. If you are interesting in contributing to the website or adapting the Bias Checklist, please reach out to us here →

Outside HEalthcare

We’ve heard from law professors, veterinary schools, and graduate students in theology. While adapting the Bias Checklist for these fields is beyond the Collaborative’s expertise, we encourage innovation and welcome hearing about your experiences. The Upstate Bias Checklist can be downloaded and modified through the REDCap Shared Library or you can contact us for other options.

I am a Healthcare Professional

WHO Wants to use the bias checklist

Lifelong learning is part of a being a healthcare professional. Whether you consider yourself an “educator” or not, the Bias Checklist can be applied to your next presentation.

who mostly teaches in clinical spaces

While the Bias Checklist does not easily translate to informal teaching (such as teaching on rounds and “chalk talks” without formal preparation), some early evidence suggests that regular use in formal teaching might change how we think about and approach informal teaching.

• Read more about mitigating bias in the learning environment and hidden curriculum here →

I am a Student

Using the Bias Checklist as a learner

Learners can use the Bias Checklist to:

• Evaluate content you develop: Many learners are teachers too. Whether for a student research day, a class presentation, or a national meeting, learners can also use the Bias Checklist. Check out Support for New Users to get started, and consider asking your professors use it and to have their learners use it for class assignments.

• Evaluate content presented to you at your institution: Even if your institution has not adopted the Bias Checklist, you can use the publicly accessible version to review your class content and share the feedback through traditional course and faculty evaluation channels.

Making the case for the Bias checklist at your institution

Students can use their collective influence to successfully advocate for change. Learn more about how to make the case at your institution here →

Past and current student research projects

Health professions students, including nursing and medical students, have successfully conducted and published research using the Bias Checklist. Ongoing student-led studies include a Checklist-based analysis of questions in high-stakes medical licensing examination test bank. Published work can be found here →