Contact and role modeling predict bias against lesbian and gay individuals among early-career physicians: A longitudinal study.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale

Physician bias against sexual minorities can hinder the delivery of high-quality health care and thus contribute to the disproportionate prevalence of negative health outcomes within this population. Medical students' interpersonal experiences within the context of medical school may contribute to this bias.

Objective

The goal of the current research was to examine the relationship between these interpersonal experiences, reported by heterosexual, cisgender medical students, and explicit and implicit bias against lesbians and gay individuals, reported two years later during second year of medical residency.

Method

Data were collected by surveying students (n = 2940) from a stratified sample of U.S. medical schools in fall 2010 (first semester of medical scho

SUBMITTER: Wittlin NM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6744977 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature