The Gender Bias in Medical Education Scale (GBMES) is a 10-item measure of medical students’ awareness of gender bias, beliefs that gender bias should be addressed, and experience of gender bias during medical education.
Geographies Tested: Australia
Populations Included: Female, Male
Age Range: Adults
Awareness
1. I believe that medicine is
male dominated.
2. Male bodies are treated as
the default in medical
education.
3. In anatomy textbooks,
reproductive chapters have
more images of females
than males.
4. Medical studies are mainly
done on males.
Beliefs
5. I believe educators should
raise awareness of the risks
of gender bias in medicine.
6. I believe educators should
raise awareness of the risks
of gender bias in anatomical
textbooks.
7. I believe anatomy educators
should challenge gender biased attitudes in the
classroom.
Experience
8. I have seen evidence of
gender bias in anatomy
class activities.
9. I have encountered gender biased behaviors among
other students.
10. I have encountered gender biased attitudes among
other students.
Response Options:
Strongly disagree - 1
Disagree - 2
Somewhat disagree - 3
Somewhat agree - 4
Agree - 5
Strongly agree - 6
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Parker, R. B., Parker, P. D., Larkin, T., & Cockburn, J. (2016). A psychometric evaluation of the Gender Bias in Medical Education Scale. BMC Medical Education, 16(1), 251. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-016-0774-2
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