AOTA DEIJAB Committee Presents
Let’s Talk Impact: Improving Patient Outcomes by Understanding Health Equity Through Self-reflection Series
Session I Topic: Recognizing What Shapes Our Decisions: Understanding Bias, Identity, and Positionality
Wednesday, December 2, 2026
4:00-6:30 p.m., PT | 5:00-7:30 p.m., MT
6:00-7:30 p.m., CT | 7:00-8:30 p.m., ET
Series Description
Achieving health equity requires more than awareness. It demands intentional action. Let’s Talk Impact: Improving Patient Outcomes by Understanding Health Equity Through Self-reflection is a three-part conversation series designed to help healthcare professionals, educators, leaders, and advocates examine the ways bias influences decision-making, explore the systemic factors that contribute to inequities, and identify practical strategies for creating more equitable outcomes for the communities we serve.
Session I Description: Recognizing What Shapes Our Decisions: Understanding Bias, Identity, and Positionality
The first webinar in the Let’s Talk Impact series explores the foundations of self-awareness and their connection to health equity. Participants will examine implicit and explicit bias, identity, positionality, and lived experiences while considering how these factors shape perspectives, interactions, and professional decision-making.
Through reflection and dialogue, attendees will explore the ways personal assumptions can influence client outcomes, workplace relationships, educational environments, and leadership practices. The session also establishes the critical connection between self-reflection and health equity, helping participants understand how provider perspectives can contribute to or help reduce disparities in care and outcomes.
About Let’s Talk Live
This Let's Talk Live event, hosted by AOTA's DEIJAB Committee, brings together practitioners, educators, students, leaders, and community partners to explore challenges, share insights, and identify actionable strategies that advance diversity, equity, inclusion, justice, accessibility, and belonging within the profession.