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Partnering to Advance Health Equity

Physician Survey

MSMS appreciates your assistance in understanding what tools are needed to assist physicians as they address health disparities in their practices, health systems, and communities.  Your input helps to ensure future resources are meaningful, impactful, and informed by you and your colleagues.  Thank you.
1.With which gender do you identify?
2.With which racial and/or ethnic group do you identify?
3.Years since the end of your clinical training?
4.About what percentage of your patients are:
Less than 20%
21-40%
41-60%
61-80%
81-100%
Asian or Asian American
Black or African American
Hispanic or Latino origin or descent
Middle Eastern or North African origin or descent
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
White
5.In which county do you primarily work?
6.Using the following glossary of terms, please indicate the degree to which you agree or disagree with the statements below.

Glossary of Terms

Bias:  Prejudice; an inclination or preference, especially one that interferes with impartial judgment. (https://www.pacificu.edu/life-pacific/support-safety/office-equity-diversity-inclusion/edi-resources/glossary-terms)

Health equity:  The assurance of the conditions for optimal health for all people. (Camara Phyllis Jones, MD, MPH, PhD)

Health disparities: Refer to a higher burden of illness, injury, disability or mortality experienced by one group relative to another. (AMA)

Implicit Bias: Also known as unconscious or hidden bias, implicit biases are negative associations that people unknowingly hold. They are expressed automatically, without conscious awareness. Many studies have indicated that implicit biases affect individuals’ attitudes and actions, thus creating real-world implications, even though individuals may not even be aware that those biases exist within themselves. Notably, implicit biases have been shown to trump individuals’ stated commitments to equality and fairness, thereby producing behavior that diverges from the explicit attitudes that many people profess. (The Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity, Implicit Bias Review)

Racism: A system of structuring opportunity and assigning value based on the social interpretation of how one looks, that: 1) Unfairly disadvantages some individuals and communities; 2) Unfairly advantages other individuals and communities; 3) Saps the strength of the whole society through the waste of human resources. (Camara Phyllis Jones, MD, MPH, PhD)
Strongly disagree
Disagree
Neither agree nor disagree
Agree
Strongly agree
Everyone has implicit biases.
Clinicians' personal biases never result in differential care (e.g., who gets certain medications or referrals for services).
Clinicians, healthcare organizations. and regulatory agencies do enough to address implicit bias today.
I have experienced racism in medical school, residency, and/or everyday practice either personally and/or observed.
I have seen racism impact the health of my patients.
Implicit bias and racism in healthcare needs to be addressed urgently.
7.How can the Michigan State Medical Society assist physicians to eliminate racism and health disparities? (check all that apply)
8.Please provide specific examples of what physicians can do to advance health equity in their clinical practice and local communities.
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