Microaggressions have Macro-consequences

Tuesday, November 21, 2023, 12:00 AM - Friday, May 16, 2025, 11:59 PM, On Demand

This course seeks to provide education on microaggressions and how to respond to them. In this course we will define microaggressions, explore the various types of microaggressions with examples, learn about the negative impact of microaggressions on individuals and organizations and identify some strategies to respond to microaggressions.

This course is brought to you by Project Respect and the Longevity and Healthy Aging Research Consortium as a collaborative effort between Stanford School of Medicine and the VA Palo Alto Health Care System. We acknowledge and thank our dean, Dr. Lloyd Minor for his guidance and mentoring with Project Respect and the Longevity and Healthy Aging Research Consortium. We also wish to thank the following senior leaders for their unwavering support, which was instrumental in the creation of this course: 

- Dr. Michael Kozal, Senior Associate Dean for Veteran Affairs at Stanford School of Medicine and Chief of Staff at VA Palo Alto Health Care System
- Dr. Helena Kraemer, Emerita Professor of Biostatistics in Psychiatry and Member, National Academy of Medicine 
- Dr. Yvonne Maldonado, Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Diversity, Interim Chair, Department of Medicine at at Stanford School of Medicine
- Dr. Ruth O’Hara, Senior Associate Dean for Research, Director, SPECTRUM at Stanford University School of Medicine

  Release Date: November 21, 2023
  Expiration Date: May 16, 2025
  Estimated Time to Complete: 1.5 hours
  Registration Fee: FREE

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AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (1.50 hours), ANCC Contact Hours (1.50 hours), ASWB Cultural Competence Continuing Education (ACE) credits (1.50 hours), Non-Physician Participation Credit (1.50 hours)

1. Define microaggressions and describe the concept
2. Identify the common types of microaggressions and the ways they negatively impact individuals and organizations.
3. Develop skills to respond to microaggressions
4. Identify strategies to reduce the occurrence of microaggressions in the workplace

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 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) 
Stanford Medicine designates this Enduring Materials activity for a maximum of 1.50 ANCC contact hours.  

ASWB Approved Continuing Education Credit (ACE) – Social Work Credit 
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Stanford Medicine is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this activity receive 1.50 cultural competence continuing education credits. 

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Cultural and Linguistic Competency
The planners and speakers of this CME activity have been encouraged to address cultural issues relevant to their topic area for the purpose of complying with California Assembly Bill 1195. Moreover, the Stanford University School of Medicine Multicultural Health Portal contains many useful cultural and linguistic competency tools including culture guides, language access information and pertinent state and federal laws.  You are encouraged to visit the Multicultural Health Portal: https://laneguides.stanford.edu/multicultural-health

References/Bibliography
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JEDI Mini-fellowship
Stanford offers an academic medicine JEDI mini-fellowship program. The mini-fellowship program is a virtual program and very competitive. It has two tracks—a clinician track and a researcher track. It is offered twice a year and the total time commitment is 80 hours over one quarter (3 months). For details, please see https://respect.stanford.edu/jedi-training/ or email [email protected]

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Stanford Medicine adheres to the Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education.

The content of this activity is not related to products or the business lines of an ACCME-defined ineligible company. Hence, there are no relevant financial relationships with an ACCME-defined ineligible company for anyone who was in control of the content of this activity.