The Risks of Multimedia Methods: Effects of Actor's Race and Gender on Preferences for Health States

AUTOR(ES)

Lenert, Leslie A.

FONTE

American Medical Informatics Association

RESUMO

Objective: While the use of multimedia methods in medical education and decision support can facilitate learning, it also has certain hazards. One potential hazard is the inadvertent triggering of racial and gender bias by the appearance of actors or patients in presentations. The authors hypothesized that race and gender affect preferences. To explore this issue they studied the effects of actors' race and gender on preference ratings for health states that include symptoms of schizophrenia.

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