Associate Professor, Health Behavior & Health Education
Causes of Racial Inequity in Healthcare
What You'll Learn
- What constitutes access to care, how geographic variation in healthcare contributes to racial and ethnic healthcare disparities
- History of mistreatment of racial and ethnic groups within biomedical innovation and healthcare systems
- The role of implicit bias in contributing to healthcare disparities
5 Modules
15 Hours
3 hrs per module (approx.)
Rating
About Causes of Racial Inequity in Healthcare
In the second course of the Addressing Racial Health Inequity in Healthcare specialization, you will journey through a survey of critical drivers of racial inequities in healthcare. These critical drivers need to be known in order to implement interventions that can achieve health equity.
You will explore issues that arise around the financing of healthcare in the U.S, and how this system enables race-based disparities. You will then explore the multiple dimensions of access to care, and how various dimensions perpetuate racial inequities in care. You will also discuss the historical backdrop of mistreatment in healthcare settings that remains pervasive among racial groups. And finally, you will unpack implicit bias and how these biases influence diagnosis and treatment patterns among different racial groups.
Skills You'll Gain
- Healthcare Strategy
- Health Equity
- Policy Analysis
What You'll Earn
- Certificate of Completion:
- Certificates of completion acknowledge knowledge acquired upon completion of a non-credit course or program.
Welcome Message
Welcome to Causes of Racial Inequity in Healthcare! This course explores the critical drivers behind racial inequities in healthcare, providing the foundation needed to implement interventions for health equity. Learners will examine healthcare financing, access disparities, historical mistreatment, and implicit bias in diagnosis and treatment. Understanding these systemic issues empowers learners to critically analyze and address racial inequities in healthcare.
This abbreviated syllabus description was created with the help of AI tools and reviewed by staff. The full syllabus is available to those who enroll in the course.
Course Schedule
Module 1: Financing of Healthcare
- Video: Recap of History of Racial Inequity in Healthcare and Connections to this course
- Reading: Course Syllabus
- Reading: Course Glossary of Terms
- Reading: Pre-Course Survey
- Reading: Economics of the U.S. Healthcare System
- Reading: Program Administration of Public Insurance Systems in the U.S.
- Reading: Financing of the Indian Health Service
- Reading: Don't Get Sick After June
- Reading: Up Next... an Interview with Professor Sara Rosenbaum J.D.
- Video: Analysis of Administration of Public Insurance Systems and Disparities with Sara Rosenbaum
- Discussion Prompt: Public Financing of Insurance Systems Across the World
- Reading: Introduction
- Reading: The Healthcare Divide between Rich and Poor Hospitals
- Reading: COVID-19 Bailout Funds Refuel Inequity
- Reading: Hospital Price Discrimination and Policy Options
- Discussion Prompt: Difference Among Different Types of Hospitals
- Reading: Supplemental Resources
- Graded: Week 1 Lesson 1 Quiz
Module 2: Issues of Access to Care and Healthcare Disparities
- Reading: Multiple Dimensions of Access to Care
- Reading: Geographic Variation in Healthcare - What Is It?
- Reading: Case example: Geographic Variation in Healthcare from McAllen, Texas
- Reading: Access to Care and Geographic Variation in Other Contexts
- Reading: Geography and Racial and Ethnic Healthcare Disparities
- Reading: Access to Care in Rural America
- Reading: Up Next... an Interview with Dr. Dima Qato
- Video: Pharmacy Deserts with Dr. Dima Qato
- Reading: Case example: Vaccine Distribution
- Discussion Prompt: Access to Care and Healthcare Disparities
- Reading: Supplemental Resources
- Graded: Week 2 Lesson 1 Quiz
- Graded: Week 2 Lesson 2 Quiz
Module 3: Mistreatment of Racial/Ethnic Groups
- Reading: History of Biomedical Experimentation
- Reading: Tuskegee Syphilis Trials
- Reading: HELA Cells: The Story of Henrietta Lacks
- Reading: Establishment of Formal Review of Human Subjects Research
- Reading: Situating Mistrust in the Context of Mistreatment
- Reading: Eugenics and Sterilization
- Reading: Present History of Sterilization
- Discussion Prompt: Mistreatment of Racial/Ethnic Groups Around the World
- Reading: Supplemental Resources
- Graded: Week 3 Lesson 1 Quiz
- Graded: Country/State Healthcare Structure
Module 4: The Role of Race in the Practice of Medicine
- Reading: Myths and Truths about the Reality of Racism
- Reading: Microaggressions
- Reading: Unchecked Racism Faced by Physicians of Color
- Discussion Prompt: Racism in Medicine Today
- Discussion Prompt: Clinical Histories: Case Study Discussion
- Reading: Race and Medical Journals
- Reading: Physician's Diagnosis
- Reading: Clinical Measurements
- Reading: Race and Pain
- Reading: Race-Based Drugs: The Case of Bidil
- Reading: Supplemental Resources
- Graded: Week 4 Lesson 2 Quiz
Module 5: Implicit Bias in Healthcare Treatment
- Reading: Up Next... an Interview with Dr. Lauren Hamel
- Video: What is Implicit Bias? With Lauren Hamel
- Reading: Measuring Implicit Bias
- Reading: Can you Train a Provider to be Unbiased?
- Discussion Prompt: Implicit Bias in Everyday Life
- Reading: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
- Reading: The Rise of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
- Reading: Artificial Intelligence and Discrimination in Healthcare
- Reading: Supplemental Resources
- Video: Course Wrap Up
- Video: What's Next in the Series
- Graded: Week 5 Lesson 1 Quiz
Grading Policy
To successfully pass the course, learners must achieve an overall score of 80% or higher. There are six quizzes worth 60% of your final grade. For each quiz, you must achieve an overall score of 80% or better. Discussion prompts are ungraded. The peer-reviewed assignment is worth 40% of your final grade, and you must achieve an overall score of 80% or better. You will be asked to review 2 of your peers’ assignments in order to receive a grade on your submitted assignment.
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Intermediate Level
Some related experience required
