A randomised trial of the influence of racial stereotype bias on examiners’ scores, feedback and recollections in undergraduate clinical exams

Yeates

Abstract

Asian medical students and doctors receive lower scores on average than their white counterparts in examinations in the UK and internationally (a phenomenon known as “differential attainment”). This could be due to examiner bias or to social, psychological or cultural influences on learning or performance. We investigated whether students’ scores or feedback show influence of ethnicity-related bias; whether examiners unconsciously bring to mind (activate) stereotypes when judging Asian students’ performance; whether activation depends on the stereotypicality of students’ performances; and whether stereotypes influence examiner memories of performances.

Citation

Yeates. (2017). A randomised trial of the influence of racial stereotype bias on examiners’ scores, feedback and recollections in undergraduate clinical exams. BMC Medicine, 179 -?. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-017-0943-0

• Acceptance Date: Sep 11, 2017
• Publication Date: Oct 25, 2017
• Journal: BMC Medicine
• Publisher: Springer Verlag
• Pages: 179 -?
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-017-0943-0
• Keywords: medical education, assessment, differential attainment, ethnicity, stereotypes
• Publisher URL: http://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-017-0943-0