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WEBINAR: Making the Implicit Explicit
Understanding Implicit Bias in Perinatal Care
The idea that unconscious prejudice is causing us and those around us to behave in discriminatory ways without realizing it is distressing and overwhelming for many people. How can we change behaviour that we are not aware of? How can we support our clients effectively if we do not notice or recognize inequitable situations or interactions that impact their care? How can we have conversations with well-intentioned people who don’t know they’re causing harm, without making them angry or defensive?
Webinar Overview: In this 90-minute webinar, Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion Lead Keira Grant will facilitate an exploration of the origin and nature of implicit biases, and guide us through practices and strategies that can assist us in skillfully recognizing bias in ourselves and others. Using stories inspired by real client care experiences, participants will reflect on how to practically support clients impacted by biases.
Keira is a DTC-certified Birth & Postpartum community doula. During her Master of Science in Health Research, she focused on health equity issues and has since worked on a number of research and policy projects from a social determinants of health lens. During this interactive session, Keira will leverage her experience and knowledge as a health policy professional, mindfulness practitioner, and Queer Black woman to illuminate concrete frameworks and tools to reduce the negative impact of bias in the pregnancy, birth, and postpartum journey.
Guided by Keira’s expertise, participants will learn to:
- Associate contemporary biases with their historical roots
- Recognize the ways implicit biases show up in perinatal care
- Make Implicit Bias Explicit for themselves, clients, and colleagues
- Communicate effectively to reduce bias in situations and clinical interactions
This interactive webinar is for doulas and birth workers who want to communicate effectively with diverse clients and enact effective, compassionate advocacy in their practice.
Details:
This virtual continuing education event takes place on November 27 at 6:00 PM EST.
This webinar is free to members and alumni of DTC, Discover Birth, and The Nesting Place and is $35 for external participants. Participants will receive a certificate of attendance that can be used as 1 CEU (continuing education units) at Doula Canada. To get your Alumni code to sign-up for the course please contact the office at info@doulatraining.ca
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