Racism in Medicine CME Test Questions Survey

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* 1. Please provide the following contact information

Name

Company

Degree

Email Address

Keynote: The History of Bias in Medicine in our Society - Estell Williams, MD & Edwin Lindo, JD

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* 2. Racism is defined as:

Systemic power + prejudice

Prejudice + bias

Power + Institutional Harm

Privilege + bias

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* 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.

Impacts of Race on Cardiovascular Disease - Lara Oyetunji, MD

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* 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.

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* 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.

Specific Examples of Biased Medicine: Diabetes - Elina Quiroga, MD

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* 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

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* 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

Disentangling Racial Disparities in Prostate Cancer - Yaw Nyame, MD

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* 8. Prostate cancer is the most common non-skin cancer among Black men in the US

True

False

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* 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

Covid-19 and What it has Revealed - Rajneet Lamba, MD & Sen. Manka Dhingra

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

A Metamorphosis in Representational Diversity Training; what should young professionals-in training experience? - Ben Danielson, MD

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* 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

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* 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

Health Disparities and Inequities: Colon Cancer - John Vassall, MD

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* 15. For solid tumors, the following factors influence stage at diagnosis:

Race

Health insurance type

Distance to medical care

All of the above

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* 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.

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* 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

Racism in Medicine CME Test Questions

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* 1. Please provide the following contact information

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* 2. Racism is defined as:

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* 3. What effect does systemic racism have on our society today?

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* 4. Which of the following statements is true?

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* 5. Which of the following statements is false about implicit bias?

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* 6. Of black patients suffering from chronic limb threatening ischemia:

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* 7. Health disparities between blacks and whites:

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* 8. Prostate cancer is the most common non-skin cancer among Black men in the US

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* 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.

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* 10. Which ethnic group has the highest age adjusted death rate in WA State as of December 2020?

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* 11. Differences in COVID-19 outcomes by race is most likely attributable to

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* 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?

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* 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.

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* 14. The Washington State Department of Health found that ____________ case and hospitalization rates are approximately three times higher than those of ____________.

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* 15. For solid tumors, the following factors influence stage at diagnosis:

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* 16. Race in human populations:

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* 17. Screening tests for colorectal cancer

* 14. The Washington State Department of Health found that case and hospitalization rates are approximately three times higher than those of .