Understanding Stereotype Threat Among Premedical and Predental Underrepresented and Disadvantaged Students

• In Event: Recruiting and Advancement of Underrepresented Groups in the Professions

Abstract

In an examination of aspects of performance differences related to a perceived ‘Stereotype threat’, 211 pre-medical and pre-dental students enrolled in a summer pipeline program were given instructions related to the possibility for change in performance levels for the taking of a verbal section of a standardized exam. Results found significant differences between students instructed that change was ‘possible’ vs those who were instructed that change was ‘unlikely.’

Authors

• Lawrence "Hy" Doyle, David Geffen School of Medicine

• Lourdes R. Guerrero, University of California - Los Angeles

• Michelle Lynn Vermillion, University of California - Los Angeles

• Sebastian Uijtdehaage, University of California - Los Angeles