When Best Intentions Aren’t Enough: Helping Medical Students Develop Strategies for Managing Bias about Patients
Journal of General Internal MedicinePublished 29 March 2010Open access
Cayla R. Teal, Rachel Shada, Anne C. Gill, Britta M. Thompson, Ernest Frugé, Graciela B. Villarreal
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Group-based reflection sessions, with a provocative trigger to foster engagement, may be effective educational tools for fostering shifts in student reflection about bias in encounters and willingness to discuss potential biases with colleagues, with implications for reducing health disparities.
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Group-based reflection sessions, with a provocative trigger to foster engagement, may be effective educational tools for fostering shifts in student reflection about bias in encounters and willingness to discuss potential biases with colleagues, with implications for reducing health disparities.
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