Patient’s Perspective |
Case #1. Cultural Background. |
To define race, ethnicity, and culture and identify patients’ cultural and social background |
Highlights religion’s impact on patient reactions to diagnosis, coping mechanisms, and its importance in forming a therapeutic alliance |
3 stories from real patients (video, duration 30 sec to 1.5 min); 9 objectives; 3 patient interviews; 3 Likert-style multiple choice questions and 1 short answer question, including explanations; module summary |
Case #2. Diet and Exercise. |
To identify how race and culture relate to health, care-seeking behaviors-health beliefs, and adherence |
Highlights the role of food in culture, barriers to diet changes and adherence and the importance of the DASH diet in African Americans |
4 stories from real patients (video, duration 1 min to 1.5 min); 10 objectives; 4 patient interviews; 3 Likert-style multiple choice questions and 1 short answer question, including explanations; module summary |
About Providers |
Case #3. Explore Stereotyping. |
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To identify physician stereotyping |
Highlights the importance of eliciting a thorough patient history in order to recognize and avoid stereotyping in patients with cardiovascular disease |
One interactive case-vignette (text); 15 objectives; 1 clinical scenario; 3 multiple choice questions, 3 Likert-style multiple choice questions and 1 short answer question, including explanations; module summary |
Case #4. Explore Biases. |
To identify physician bias, describe own bias, list how it affects clinical care, and demonstrate strategies to address/reduce physician bias |
Highlights how even a subconscious bias may affect the care of patients with cardiovascular disease |
One interactive case-vignette (text); 14 objectives; 1 clinical scenario; 1 multiple choice and 4 Likert-style multiple choice and 1 short answer question, including explanations; module summary |