The mixed impact of medical school on medical students' implicit and explicit weight bias

Medical Education

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 983-992

  Phelan, Sean M ^a   Puhl, Rebecca M ^b   Burke, Sara E ^c   Hardeman, Rachel ^d   Dovidio, John F ^c   Nelson, David B ^d,e   Przedworski, Julia ^e   Burgess, Diana J ^d,e   Perry, Sylvia ^f   Yeazel, Mark W ^g   van Ryn, Michelle ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; OBESITY; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OBESITY; PREJUDICE; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84942068654     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/medu.12770     Document Type: Article

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