SynthesisIrish journal of medical science2022
Implicit racial bias among medical graduates and students by an IAT measure: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- The nature and validity of implicit bias training for health care providers and trainees: A systematic review.Science advances · 2024Pooled it
- Implicit Bias and Recognition of Biases Among Vascular Surgeons.The Journal of surgical research · 2026Article
- Reflecting upon Similarities and Differences among the IAT, the IRAP, and the FAST: Searching for Clarity.Perspectives on behavior science · 2025Article
- Critical Self-reflection on Racism by Hospital Physicians in Large German Cities. A Qualitative Reconstructive Study Using Episodic Interviews.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2025Article
- Advancing equity in healthcare systems: understanding implicit bias and infant mortality.BMC medical ethics · 2025Article
- Retrospective study of cultural biases and their reflections among Korean medical students: a cultural hybridity perspective.Korean journal of medical education · 2025Article
- A scoping review to identify and organize literature trends of bias research within medical student and resident education.BMC medical education · 2023Article
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Abstract
introductionRacial implicit bias is an unconscious response and behavior that affects interpersonal interactions and clinical decision-making.
aimsWe attempted to meta-analyze the scores of implicit association test (IAT) to estimate pooled quantity of implicit racial bias among medical graduates and students
methodsAs far as we know, our study is the first systematic-based meta-analysis estimating the pooled score of implicit racial bias among physicians and medical students. Keywords were searched in Scopus, Web of Science, Google Scholar, PubMed, Science Direct, Cochrane, MEDLINE, Wiley online library, and ProQuest databases from 2011 since 2021. The IAT's pooled score estimates through a fixed-effect meta-analysis using STATA 15. Also, I
resultsOut of 1177 articles, 29 studies entered to analysis. The pooled score of IAT among physicians and medical students was 0.28 (95% CI 0.13 to 0.43) and 0.35 (95% CI 0.03 to 0.67), respectively. The racial bias score of physician ranged from -0.12 to 0.62. While score of implicit association test for medical student ranged from -0.01 to 1.29.
conclusionOur meta-analysis revealed that there was an implicit anti-black attitude among physicians and medical students, but the size of this implicit racial bias was small. Although the level of racial bias in physicians and medical students was low, it could be reduced to the lowest level through informative programs and training in ways to control implicit attitudes.
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