Examining Bias In Clinical Language And Documentation: Practical Strategies To Reduce Harm

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Short Description

A hands-on training on how bias enters clinical language and documentation, and how to reframe documentation language to reduce stigma, surveillance, oppression, and downstream harm.

Learning Objectives

• Identify stigmatizing or biased patterns in common clinical phrases.
• Practice rewriting documentation to be behaviorally specific, context-aware, and non-pathologizing.
• Create a short “do/don’t” checklist for equitable documentation.

Each topic can be adapted to your audience, timeframe, and delivery format, with a minimum of 1 hour of instruction. The summary on this page is intentionally brief; detailed descriptions, learning objectives, and sample agendas are available upon request.