Race/Ethnicity in Medical Education: An Analysis of a Question Bank for Step 1 of the United States Medical Licensing Examination.

摘要: ABSTRACTPhenomenon: There is growing concern over racial/ethnic bias in clinical care, yet how best to reduce remains challenging, part because the sources of medical education are poorly understood. One possible source routinized use race/ethnicity lectures, assessment, and preparatory materials, including question banks for licensing examinations. Because students worldwide prepare United States Medical Licensing Examination, we examined was used one most commonly recommended banks. Approach: We analyzed all 2,211 questions a bank Step 1 Examination following: frequency mentions groups, whether merely descriptive or central any question, associated with genetic difference. Findings. In sum, 455 2,011...