Medical students' attitudes toward obese patient avatars of different skin color

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 173, Issue , 2012, Pages 23-29

  Andrade, Allen D ^a,b   Ruiz, Jorge G ^a,b   Mintzer, Michael J ^a,b   Cifuentes, Pedro ^a   Anam, Ramanakumar ^a   Diem, Josh ^c   Gómez Marín, Orlando ^d   Sun, Huaping ^e   Roos, Bernard A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c School of Education   (United States)

^d Epidemiology Department of Heath Sciences Research   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Avatars; Computer simulation; Health disparities; Physician bias; Undergraduate medical education

Indexed keywords

COLOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; VIRTUAL REALITY;

AVATARS; BIAS REDUCTION; HEALTH DISPARITIES; MEDICAL STUDENTS; PHYSICIAN BIAS; SKIN COLOR; UNDERGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION;

STUDENTS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PREJUDICE; SKIN PIGMENTATION; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860611424     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-61499-022-2-23     Document Type: Conference Paper

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