Moderator: Carrie Cwiak, MD
Nearly 1.3 million persons in the United States will enter menopause this year. However, equitable management of menopausal symptoms remains a problem. Most notably, African-American/Black persons in the United States are less likely to be treated for symptoms that adversely affect their quality of life and have long-standing deleterious consequences on overall health. Implicit bias and racism are well-established factors that contribute to these disparities. In this session, participants will examine the role that implicit bias and racism have on medical outcomes broadly and in the delivery of menopausal care for Black/African-American patients. In acknowledging our own implicit biases, participants will then be presented with strategies that they can immediately implement in their practice to disrupt bias in their health practices.