Racism in Medicine CME Test Questions Please answer the following test questions after watching the Racism in Medicine CME content. Note that you will only be able to take this test once and you must receive a score of 75% (12/16) or higher to apply for CME credit. OK Question Title * 1. Please provide the following contact information Name Company Degree Email Address OK Keynote: The History of Bias in Medicine in our Society - Estell Williams, MD & Edwin Lindo, JD OK Question Title * 2. Racism is defined as: Systemic power + prejudice Prejudice + bias Power + Institutional Harm Privilege + bias OK Question Title * 3. What effect does systemic racism have on our society today? None at all Systemic racism doesn’t exist Systemic racism has very little impact on Black, Indigenous, or People of color Systemic is steeped in our society and continues to effect the health of the most marginalized communities. OK Impacts of Race on Cardiovascular Disease - Lara Oyetunji, MD OK Question Title * 4. Which of the following statements is true? Black patients have a lower prevalence of CVD risk factors than white patients. Black patients have similar prevalence of CVD risk factors that white patients. Black patients have the highest burden of CHD mortality among all ethnic groups. Hispanic patients have the highest burden of CHD mortality among all ethnic groups. OK Question Title * 5. Which of the following statements is false about implicit bias? Implicit attitudes are beliefs that are readily apparent to the individual. Implicit prejudice, discrimination, and bias can be observed in the absence of any intention to discriminate. It is not unusual for an individual’s implicit and explicit attitudes to be dissimilar. The influence of implicit attitudes on behavior have implications for patients in the clinical setting. OK Specific Examples of Biased Medicine: Diabetes - Elina Quiroga, MD OK Question Title * 6. Of black patients suffering from chronic limb threatening ischemia: 2-3 out of 5 will be dead within 5 years. If they die within 5 years, it will be due to a stroke or a cardiac attack, not from the limb ischemia. Are more likely to die in 5 years than white patients All of the above OK Question Title * 7. Health disparities between blacks and whites: A) Stems from social inequity B) Stems from biological inequity C) Is less common in practices that have more diverse patient populations D) Is rarely observed in diverse patient populations E) A&C F) B&D OK Disentangling Racial Disparities in Prostate Cancer - Yaw Nyame, MD OK Question Title * 8. Prostate cancer is the most common non-skin cancer among Black men in the US True False OK Question Title * 9. Black men are more likely to undergo definitive treatment (i.e., surgery or radiation therapy) for clinically significant prostate cancer compared to white men. True False OK Covid-19 and What it has Revealed - Rajneet Lamba, MD & Sen. Manka Dhingra OK Question Title * 10. Which ethnic group has the highest age adjusted death rate in WA State as of December 2020? Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islanders Indigenous people White people Black people Latinx people OK Question Title * 11. Differences in COVID-19 outcomes by race is most likely attributable to Genetic differences between races Differences in mask wearing compliance Racism Geographic proximity to CDC headquarters OK Question Title * 12. According to the CDC Vaccine Allocation Framework, critical workers in high-risk settings outside of healthcare are included in which phase of vaccine distribution? Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3 Phase 4 OK A Metamorphosis in Representational Diversity Training; what should young professionals-in training experience? - Ben Danielson, MD OK Question Title * 13. A 2015 study on Racial Disparities in Pain Management of Children with Appendicitis in Emergency Departments found that black patients in severe pain were 80% less likely than white patients to receive opioids for their pain. True False OK Question Title * 14. The Washington State Department of Health found that ____________ case and hospitalization rates are approximately three times higher than those of ____________. Blacks and American Indian or Alaska Native (AIAN); Whites Whites; Blacks and American Indian or Alaska Native (AIAN) Asians; Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders None of the above OK Health Disparities and Inequities: Colon Cancer - John Vassall, MD OK Question Title * 15. For solid tumors, the following factors influence stage at diagnosis: Race Health insurance type Distance to medical care All of the above OK Question Title * 16. Race in human populations: Can be determined by dominant and recessive genes that follow patterns of Mendelian inheritance. Is uniformly accepted in all countries and cultures. Was identified and defined before the science of genetics was established. Is well defined in the scientific literature. OK Question Title * 17. Screening tests for colorectal cancer Stool tests for colorectal cancer (guaiac, immunohistochemical and FIT-DNA) are less accurate in Black patients. Colonoscopy is the “gold standard”, and other screening tests are supplementary. To reduce disparities in colorectal cancer, Black patients should be screened more frequently than white patients. None of the above OK DONE
