Reducing Weight Stigma & Bias in Healthcare- August 6th NEW COURSE
August 6 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am
Building Inclusive and Affirming Interactions at UW Medicine
Reducing Weight Stigma and Bias in Healthcare – As part of UW Medicine’s ongoing efforts to reduce bias in healthcare, this new course explores bias related to body weight. Framed around patient stories, this course aims to increase empathy related to weight stigma by offering a better understand of the history of society’s relationship with weight, as well as explore contemporary research that challenges stereotypes in society about health and one’s body size. This course also focuses on skills we can use in healthcare to decrease bias and improve interactions with people related to their body.
Objectives:
1. Increase empathy through adult patient stories related to weight stigma.
2. Understand the history of society’s relationship with weight.
3. Increase knowledge of recent research on weight’s impact on health, weight loss interventions, and the success at maintaining weight loss.
4. Learn skills to decrease bias and improve interactions with people related to their body.
All are welcome to this training.
