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Coming next month in JACS and online now: Reducing implicit bias: Association of Women Surgeons #HeForShe Taskforce best-practice recommendations

Researchers recommend the adoption of best practices to reduce implicit bias in order to allow for greater inclusivity in surgical departments.

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February 1, 2019

Sandra R. DiBrito, MD, PhD; Carla M. Lopez, MD; Christian Jones, MD, MS, FACS; and Aarti Mathur, MD, FACS, for the Association of Women Surgeons Taskforce, recommend in the March Journal of the American College of Surgeons (JACS) that best practices to reduce implicit bias be adopted to mitigate the negative impact of unconscious stereotypes or attitudes and allow for greater inclusivity in surgical departments.

This article and all other JACS content is available on the JACS website.