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In Patient Satisfaction Scores, What Role Does Bias Play?

Do physicians who are not white or male get graded worse by patients?

Women and minority physicians continue to face prejudice in the workplace, which is a potential barrier to career advancement, fulfillment and leadership opportunities. Such stressors can also discourage women from continuing in academic medical practice. Yet no experimental studies isolate the direct effect that physician gender and race can have on patient satisfaction ratings. Do physicians who are not white or male get graded worse by patients?

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3 Ways to Mitigate Implicit Bias in the Exam Room

Concrete steps that can be taken to make patients more comfortable in the exam room.

from AMA Wire

Bias can be explicit and intentional, or implicit and unintentional. But when a physician senses that bias may be affecting patient care, there are some concrete actions that can be taken to make patients feel more comfortable in the exam room.

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