Clete Weigel

Clete Weigel bravely challenged his hospital earlier this year after they announced that they would implement implicit bias training “to reduce health disparities.”

Following their announcement, Clete submitted comments to hospital administration questioning the efficacy of implicit bias training and providing data that challenged the reasoning behind implementing the training in the first place. 

Rather than engage in a thoughtful conversation about his concerns, hospital administrators met with Clete, disciplined him, and mandated that he take not one but two implicit bias training courses. 

Bravely, Clete resigned his position rather than be forced to participate. He explains:

“Hospital leaders have chosen to make operational decisions based upon ideology. Logic and arguments do not matter; the ideology does. Everything becomes secondary when ideology rules. That includes evidence-based medicine, valuing employees, science, discernment, the exchange of ideas, and yes, common-sense.”

We are proud to share Clete’s full story here and want to thank him for his commitment to the profession and courage in speaking out and letting us share his story. We also fervently agree with his closing sentiments:

“Medicine will not be served by this ideology. Patients will be harmed by a world view that prefers narratives over science and identity groups over individuals. In the end, individual care will suffer as implicit bias training increases suspicion, discourse devolves, and patients are neglected.”