5 Minute Moment for Racial Justice in Healthcare Series - Racial Disparities in Pain Management

Friday, May 12, 2023, 12:00 AM - Monday, May 11, 2026, 11:59 PM

The 5 Minute Moment for Racial Justice in Healthcare is a case-based curriculum and educational framework that identifies examples of racism in present-day clinical practice and equips healthcare professionals with the language and framework to discuss this topic with learners. This multimedia curriculum will highlight common examples of structural racism and racial bias in medical decision-making, as well as share resources and practices to promote health equity and provide racially-just care for patients.

This video covers how implicit racial bias can affect clinician’s evaluation and treatment of pain in patients. The video describes historical and present-day examples of race biologization and how this false belief perpetuates disparities in pain management.   

  Release Date: May 12, 2023
  Expiration Date: May 11, 2026
  Estimated Time to Complete: ~15 minutes
  Registration Fee: FREE 

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AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (0.25 hours), Non-Physician Participation Credit (0.25 hours)

1. Describe racial disparities in pain management across ages and clinical settings
2. Discuss how implicit bias can affect the way we assess and treat pain in patients

In support of improving patient care, Stanford Medicine 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. 

Credit Designation 
American Medical Association (AMA) 
Stanford Medicine designates this Enduring Material for a maximum of 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

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References/Resources
Goyal MK, Johnson TJ, Chamberlain JM, et al. Racial and Ethnic Differences in Emergency Department Pain Management of Children With Fractures. Pediatrics. 2020;145(5):e20193370. doi:10.1542/peds.2019-3370
Guillory JD. The pro-slavery arguments of Dr. Samuel A. Cartwright. La Hist. 1968;9:209-227.
Waytz A, Hoffman KM, Trawalter S. A Superhumanization Bias in Whites’ Perceptions of Blacks. Soc Psychol Personal Sci. 2015;6(3):352-359. doi:10.1177/1948550614553642
Hoffman KM, Trawalter S, Axt JR, Oliver MN. Racial bias in pain assessment and treatment recommendations, and false beliefs about biological differences between blacks and whites. Proc Natl Acad Sci. 2016;113(16):4296-4301. doi:10.1073/pnas.1516047113
Rasooly IR, Mullins PM, Mazer-Amirshahi M, van den Anker J, Pines JM. The Impact of Race on Analgesia Use among Pediatric Emergency Department Patients. J Pediatr. 2014;165(3):618-621. doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2014.04.059

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