The effect of an intervention to break the gender bias habit for faculty at one institution: A cluster randomized, controlled trial

Academic Medicine

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 221-230

  Carnes, Molly ^a,b   Devine, Patricia G ^a   Baier Manwell, Linda ^c,d   Byars Winston, Angela ^c   Fine, Eve ^e   Ford, Cecilia E ^a   Forscher, Patrick ^a   Isaac, Carol ^f   Kaatz, Anna ^a   Magua, Wairimu ^a   Palta, Mari ^a   Sheridan, Jennifer ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b WILLIAM S MIDDLETON MEMORIAL VETERANS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^f MERCER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; CAREER MOBILITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HABIT; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MOTIVATION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CONCEPT; SEXISM; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AWARENESS; CAREER MOBILITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CURRICULUM; FACULTY, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HABITS; HUMANS; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MOTIVATION; SELF EFFICACY; SEXISM; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 84922409325     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000000552     Document Type: Article

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