Lay summary
Health inequity is commonly experienced by marginalised populations and is a significant risk factor for developing health problems, in part due to biases. Existing bias trainings aim to shift intrinsic beliefs, which is time- and cost-intensive. Our team has shown promising results from a “proof-of-principle” study demonstrating effectiveness of a novel, self-run bias training called Cognitive Bias Modification for Stereotype (CBM-S). CBM-S reduced medical students’ biases toward Māori in healthcare. In this proposed activation activity, by working with some of the other marginalised communities in New Zealand (e.g. Pasifika, Chinese, the Rainbow community, elderly, and people with disability), we aim to extend CBM-S beyond a single training module to create additional CBM-S training modules for a wider reach into the healthcare system, including healthcare education and service providers. This would setup future studies to test CBM-S’ effectiveness in a spectrum of healthcare training programmes in New Zealand.