Does candidate race influence simulated patient ratings in standardised assessments of clinical practice? A single-blinded randomised study in UK medical schools.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Standardisation of medical examinations involves minimising assessor stereotyping and bias for a fair process. This study aimed to determine whether being a non-white candidate affected scoring by simulated patients, compared with a white candidate, at three different performance grades in the same history-taking station.

Design

Single-blinded, video-based, randomised study.

Participants

163 simulated patients watched a randomly allocated set of six videos. Each set consisted of three white and three non-white (South Asian, black and Chinese) candidates performing at either fail, borderline or pass grades. Therefore, each simulated patient assessor observed one white and one non-white candidate at each grade and scored communication and professionalism doma

SUBMITTER: Brown C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11751911 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature