Study Name
Attitudes Toward Race and Anti-bias Training Among Healthcare Professionals
Purpose of the Study
To understand how attitudes toward race and sociodemographic variables, including stage of professional development, exposure to implicit bias instruction, and age may differ, relate, and predict attitudes toward anti-bias training among healthcare professionals.
Who Can Participate
We are seeking participants from academic medical campuses who are:
- Medical students
- Medical Interns/Residents
- Physician faculty
What to Expect
- Your participation in this study is required one time. When you enter the study link by clicking the "Continue" button at the bottom of this page, you will be asked to complete:
- An 8-item Eligibility Screening Questionnaire
- If you are eligible and agree to participate in this study, you will be asked to complete an online survey that includes:
- A 10-item sociodemographic questionnaire
- An Implicit Association Test (race IAT) - which includes a 1-item thermometer/feeler question and the 7-part race IAT
- An 18-item questionnaire on attitudes toward anti-bias training (ATIBI)
- Upon completion of the survey, we have provided (optional):
- Scores and descriptive results for the race IAT and ATIBI
- A 6-item Participant Feedback Questionnaire
- Resources and literature about the race IAT, ATIBI, and implicit social cognition for additional learning
- Time Commitment:
- The survey will take approximately 15 minutes to complete.
Voluntary Participation and Confidentiality
Taking part in the study is completely voluntary. While there is no guarantee that all the responses you provide will be kept confidential, this study has safeguarded how data is collected, stored, and secured to meet the standards of the Committee on the Use of Human Subjects (CUHS), Harvard's Institutional Review Board (IRB) at Harvard University.
Data Collection, Storage, and Security
For your privacy, data collected in this study, via the online survey will be automatically coded (i.e., de-identified) when you respond to each item. Also for your privacy, your IP address will not be collected or stored while visiting this study’s platform, as IP addresses are considered to be directly identifiable information. This study is designed to be anonymous.
Data will be stored in tables on an SQL server (encrypted) and a relational table will automatically transfer the data to csv files. The csv files serve as a backup copy of the data and are stored on the host’s server, which is also encrypted for security, meeting CUHS IRB standards. While this study is active (insert date, total 1 month), only the graduate student researcher conducting this study and the study's web developer will have access to the raw data, which was de-identified upon input and will not be manipulated.
The sole purpose for the data collected and stored by this study is to be used for academic purposes (i.e., thesis paper and potential preliminary findings for future projects, such as a dissertation). The study’s findings will be preserved and shared with the scholarly community (with no directly identifiable information) via digital repositories, such as ProQuest and Harvard’s Digital Access to Scholarship (DASH) and potentially published via academic journals. Only the graduate student researcher conducting this study will indefinitely retain the collected data after the study ends for personal reference.
The Choice to Withdraw Participation From This Study Without Consequences
You may choose to withdraw from the study at any time, without consequences by using theRemove My Dataform. If you choose to participate in the study, you will be prompted to generate a study ID that you must store for your records. To request that your data be removed from this study, you will be prompted to use this study ID in theRemove My Dataform.
Supplying the study ID to remove your data bypasses the need to provide your email address (a direct identifier) to the research team, therefore providing the utmost protections for anonymity and privacy.
Why Be in This Study
There is minimal to no risk to you by participating in this online survey, as it is anonymous with de-identified data. By taking part in this survey, it will potentially contribute to the paradigms of neuroscience/neuropsychology, specifically dual-process theory and social psychology, specifically the theory of implicit social cognition. Also, by being a part of this survey, it may raise awareness about bias in the self, potentially inspiring further understanding.
IRB Approval
This study "will be reviewed" (NOTE: then change to "has been reviewed and approved") by the Committee on the Use of Human Subjects (CUHS), Harvard's Institutional Review Board (IRB) at Harvard University, ensuring that it meets all ethical standards and regulatory requirements for research involving human participants.
Waiver of Consent to Participate
--Projected to be Waiver of Consent to Participate by CUHS IRB at Harvard University--
Contact
Study Information
If you have any questions or need further information about the study, please contact:
Laura Melendez
Graduate Student Researcher
Department of Psychology
Harvard University
Extension School
Email:lam234@g.harvard.edu
Further Contacts
Technical Support
If you have any technical issues while on the study's platform, while taking the online survey, or issues with Remove My Data requests, please contact:
Nicole Mayer
Research Assistant & Web Developer
Email:nmayerresearch@gmail.com
Institutional Review Board (IRB)
To report any concerns that you might have or to ask questions about your rights as a research participant in this study, please contact:
The Committee on the Use of Human Subjects (CUHS), Harvard University Institutional Review Board
1350 Massachusetts Avenue, Smith Campus Center, Suite 645, Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone:(617) 496-2847
Email:cuhs@harvard.edu
Ready to Get Started!?!
Great! Now that you have reviewed the study information above and are interested in participating, please click the “Continue” button below to confirm your eligibility to participate in the online survey.