Fostering students' reflection about bias in healthcare: Cognitive dissonance and the role of personal and normative standards

Medical Teacher

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Hernandez, Rachael A ^a   Haidet, Paul ^b   Gill, Anne C ^a   Teal, Cayla R ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COGNITIVE DISSONANCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84876379207     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0142159X.2012.733453     Document Type: Article

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