Guiding Graduate Student Recognition of Implicit Bias Using Interactive Simulation

Assisting graduate nursing students to recognize implicit bias and racism is imperative when providing health care with culturally diverse groups. The article describes an interactive simulation between graduate students and a standardized patient designed to raise awareness of implicit bias and racism. Students in the Doctor of Nursing Practice and PhD programs participated in interviews with a standardized patient; in team interactions; in content analysis of simulated communications; and in reflection, debriefing, and evaluation sessions. Self-awareness education may help reduce health disparities within disparate racial, ethnic, socioeconomic, or undocumented peoples.