The American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST) is expanding its First 5 Minutes ® program to include e-learning modules addressing implicit bias and cultural humility in the clinical setting. First launched as an in-person training in 2022, the First 5 Minutes initiative focused on improving patient care through trust building and empathetic listening. The in-person training expanded to e-learning modules in October 2023, reaching a broader audience to improve quality and efficiency of clinical practice.
The new cultural humility modules are a natural progression of the established First 5 Minutes program. Research shows that empathetic listening can help establish trust and improve patient outcomes. However, without intending to, a clinician's body language, word choices, and assumptions can influence the patient's engagement and trust levels.
" Elizabeth Stigler, PhD, Director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging at CHEST Created by a team led by Debasree Banerjee, MD, MS, FCCP, Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine and Associate Medical Director of the MICU at Brown University, the objectives of the new course are to: Identify the role interpersonal racism plays in patient-provider interactions. Define various forms of interpersonal racism. Distinguish key roles in a racial microaggression, including the person causing harm, the person who is harmed, bystanders, and upstanders.
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