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Implicit Bias - Weight Stigma in Health Care

Content Reviewed: March 1, 2023

Content Retired: March 1, 2026

State CME

Program Description

Bias against individuals considered to be overweight is pervasive in health care settings. Although scientific understanding of the causes of obesity has advanced in recent years, patients in larger bodies continue to face a great deal of stigma based on outdated and incomplete ideas about willpower, energy balance models, and scolding as a motivator. In this course students will explore the concept of weight stigma as a type of implicit bias, learn how patients experience weight stigma in a variety of settings, and identify concrete strategies for disrupting weight stigma.
Bias against individuals considered to be overweight is pervasive in health care settings. Although scientific understanding of the causes of obesity has advanced in recent years, patients in larger bodies continue to face a great deal of stigma based on outdated and incomplete ideas about willpower, energy balance models, and scolding as a motivator. In this course students will explore the concept of weight stigma as a type of implicit bias, learn how patients experience weight stigma in a variety of settings, and identify concrete strategies for disrupting weight stigma.

Faculty

Anne Cockerham, PhD, RN, CNM, CNE, WHNP-BC

Professor

Frontier Nursing University


Content Provider

Premiere CE

CME Accreditor

PACE-CME

CME Certificate

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State CME

3 CME

Implicit Bias Training for Healthcare Providers

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