Talking Unconscious Bias with CEH - CPD Webinar for Allied Health Assistants

IMPORTANT NOTE: This event is run by the AHA CPD Community of Practice, a community for Allied Health Assistants and interested parties to come together, connect and learn through continuing professional development designed for Allied Health Assistants. This webinar is only accessible to AHA CPD Community of Practice members. If you are not a member and would like to attend this and other AHA CPD monthly events, please select 'get tickets' and you will be sent a link to join the Community. Joining the Community will give you access to not only this webinar, but all AHA CPD monthly webinars, learning resources and community discussions for 12 months from date of joining. Once joined, be sure to set your profile to receive notifications of each new monthly CPD event as they are published. Please also note that by completing an order on this page, you consent to us contacting you with a brief survey which will help us enhance our Community (you are not obliged to complete it).

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Are stereotypes harmful or helpful?

At work, unconscious bias can impact who receives services, who services are designed for, and outcomes for people who are like us, or not like us. In this webinar you will learn how unconscious bias can impact how you view your clients. 

This 1-hour webinar will cover:  

• What is unconscious bias  
• How our values and beliefs can trigger our biases  
• How bias can play out in different scenarios  
• What you can do to reduce your biases  

Who is this webinar for?  

This webinar is for all staff members or students at any level. It will benefit anyone interested in the topic of bias and how it might play out in work or home life.
  

This webinar will include a presentation with Q&A and discussion.

Meet Your Webinar Host:

Andrew Richardson, Chair of the AHANA Board and Coordinator of the AHA Global CPD Community of Practice at The Allied Health Academy.

Andrew is the Chair of the AHANA Board and AHA Global CPD collective Coordinator for the Academy. He has worked as an Allied Health Assistant for Canberra Health Services since 2015. Since 2020 he has also been the Profession Lead for the AHA workforce across ACT Health; a role which entails assisting with the governance, and initial and ongoing credentialling, of the AHA workforce. Prior to working for Canberra Health Services, Andrew worked as an AHA in a residential aged care facility. 

Meet Your Webinar Presenters:

Andrea Gaddie, Trainer and eLearning Developer, Centre for Culture, Ethnicity & Health. 

Andrea is a specialist trainer and eLearning developer, educating groups in cultural competence and health literacy. She is a people person who connects with her dynamic communication style and has 10 years experience in health services, with a passion for education. Andrea holds degrees in arts and health sciences and spent many years in the natural health industry training health care practitioners.  

Tristan Pagniello-Priolo, Training Officer, Centre for Culture, Ethnicity & Health. 

Tristan grew up in a multicultural, multilingual household, and has always been eager to learn more about communication and culture. She has a variety of experience, studying linguistics and translation, teaching English to children in Spain, and working in the translation industry, retail, and health services. This experience gives Tristan a unique perspective, having crossed paths with people of such varied backgrounds.

This webinar is brought to you by The Allied Health Academy. Learn more about our online community of practice: free to join.

This webinar is exclusively available to members of the AHA CPD Community of Practice. If you miss it and want to watch the replay, it will be available in the AHA CPD Community on our Mighty Networks platform. For more information and link to subscribe, please visit: AHA CPD (mn.co).