Ruqaiijah A. Yearby, J.D.
Ruqaiijah Yearby, J.D., M.P.H., is Professor of Law and Associate Director of the Law-Medicine Center,
Case Western Reserve University School of Law,
Cleveland, Ohio.
Within the past 12 months, Ms. Yearby reports no commercial conflict of interest.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, CCME staff, and interMDnet staff have nothing to disclose.
Release Date: 09/02/2014
Termination Date: 09/02/2017
Estimated time to complete: 1 hour(s).
Albert Einstein College of Medicine – Montefiore Medical Center designates this enduring material activity for a maximum of
1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.
Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Albert Einstein College of Medicine-Montefiore Medical Center and InterMDnet. Albert Einstein College of Medicine – Montefiore Medical Center 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.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this Cyberounds
®, you should be able to:
- Identify health care providers’ bias in the treatment of minorities;
- Describe how health care providers’ bias causes racial disparities in access to health care and health status;
- Discuss solutions for addressing health care providers’ bias.
