Validity evidence for a novel instrument assessing medical student attitudes toward instruction in implicit bias recognition and management.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Implicit bias instruction is becoming more prevalent in health professions education, with calls for skills-based curricula moving from awareness and recognition to management of implicit bias. Evidence suggests that health professionals and students learning about implicit bias ("learners") have varying attitudes about instruction in implicit bias, including the concept of implicit bias itself. Assessing learner attitudes could inform curriculum development and enable instructional designs that optimize learner engagement. To date, there are no instruments with evidence for construct validity that assess learner attitudes about implicit bias instruction and its relevance to clinical care.

Methods

The authors developed a novel instrument, the Attitude Towards Impl

SUBMITTER: Gonzalez CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8040240 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature