Commentary Open Access
Volume 2 | Issue 1 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.33696/dentistry.2.007
Commentary: Fostering Bias Mitigation and Compassionate Behavior in Dental and Other Healthcare Professional Students and Practitioners
Lon J. Van Winkle1, *
- 1Department of Medical Humanities, Rocky Vista University, 8401 S. Chambers Road, Parker, CO 80134, USA
Corresponding Author
Lon J. Van Winkle, lvanwinkle@rvu.edu
Received Date: April 24, 2020
Accepted Date: June 01, 2020
Van Winkle LJ. Commentary: Fostering Bias Mitigation and Compassionate Behavior in Dental and Other Healthcare Professional Students and Practitioners. Arch Dent. 2020; 2(1):3-5.
Copyright: © 2020 Van Winkle LJ. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Keywords
Academic performance, Compassion, Critical reflection, Empathy, Humanistic values, Implicit bias, Team-based learning
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