Unconscious bias in students of health professions – an experimental vignette study
We found no evidence of systematic unconscious bias among students' helping intentions, expected patient adherence, and expected patient relations across various patient characteristics. Comparisons across study years and programs provided no indication that such biases emerge or intensify during training. If replicated, these results would be encouraging, as it indicates an absence of unconscious bias in health care students.
Authors
- Andreas Gerber‐Grote (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2157-4065)
- Marc Höglinger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2743-2199)
- Ursula Meidert (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7747-9641)
- Frank Wieber (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1285-1457)
Institutions
- University of Konstanz (DE)
- ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences (CH)
- Sulzer (Switzerland) (CH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Medical Education
- Published
- 2025-12-10
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-025-08317-x
- Primary Topic
- Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00