Journal-based CME Course: How Should Clinicians Respond to Race-Based Algorithms as Sources of Iatrogenic Harm?

Activity ID

10776

Expires

August 1, 2025

Format Type

Journal-based

CME Credit

Fee

$30

CME Provider: AMA Journal of Ethics

Description of CME Course

Some clinical algorithms use race as an epidemiological shorthand to “correct” for health determinants that are clinically influential but also variable because they are historical, social, cultural, or economic in origin. Such “correction factors” are both clinically and ethically relevant when their use reinforces racial essentialism and exacerbates racial health inequity. This commentary on a case in which the original vaginal birth after cesarean calculator is used argues that this and similar race-based algorithms should be considered sources of iatrogenic harm by undermining decision sharing in patient clinician relationships and Black birthing peoples’ rights to self-determination.

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1. This activity is accredited by the American Medical Association.
2. This activity is free to AMA members.

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General Information on CME Activity

Educational Objectives

1. Explain a new or unfamiliar viewpoint on a topic of ethical or professional conduct
2. Evaluate the usefulness of this information for health care practice, teaching, or conduct
3. Decide whether and when to apply the new information to health care practice, teaching, or conduct

Keywords

Ethics, Obstetrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pregnancy, Wound Care, Infection, Healing

Competencies

Medical Knowledge, Professionalism

CME Credit Type

AMA PRA Category 1 Credit

DOI

10.1001/amajethics.2022.728