Cultural Considerations for Reducing Bias in Clinical Documentation and Reports

Description

Biased language in clinical documentation and psychological reports can lead to members of minoritized and underrepresented groups being unduly pathologized or disparagingly judged, which can impede the accuracy and objectivity in our work.  Biased wording in clinical documentation and psychological reports can also suggest a preference for certain racial, religious, or heterosexual majority groups as well as reinforce gender stereotypes.  Such bias can render clinical work susceptible to erroneous interpretations on the part of the writer and reader of psychological reports. This webinar highlights common patterns of biased language in clinical work and offers strategies for avoiding such bias by replacing it with unbiased, neutral phrasing.

Continuing Education Information

1 CE Credit, Instructional Level: Intermediate

1 Contact Hour (New York Board of Psychology)

Disclosures: Dr. Faille has no conflicts of interest to disclose. Generative AI was not used for the development or content of this presentation.

Learning Objectives:

1. Identify racial, gender, and other types of biased verbiage in clinical documentation and psychological reports
2. Apply unbiased, neutral phrasing to clinical documentation and psychological reports to mitigate racial, gender, and other biased language
3. Utilize strategies for inclusive language to increase accuracy and objectivity in clinical documentation and psychological reports 

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