Xiao Chi
Zhang,
MD, MS, MHPE, FACEP
Associate Professor
Thomas Jefferson University
Dr. Zhang is the associate professor and clerkship director of Emergency Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University. Dr. Zhang received his Master of Health Professions Education (MHPE) in 2023. He was elected as the Co-Chair of the Council of Program Directors in Emergency Medicine Advising Student Committee (CORD ASCEM) based on his leadership, experience, and research in student advising. His academic interest include gamification, implicit bias, simulation, medical student advising, and interprofessional education.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
Background: Microaggressions are commonplace indignities that communicate negative slights or insults against a particular group of people. Microaggressions impede healthcare professionals’ effective interprofessional collaborative practice (IPCP), which can have detrimental implications for patient outcomes.
IPCP microaggression training is proposed to facilitate structural change by mitigating implicit bias in healthcare. Existing educational frameworks aim to increase knowledge of microaggressions through lectures, problem-based learning, and discussions, but these approaches have…