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Relationship Between Attribute Variables And First-Year Physician Assistant Students' Ratings Of Professional Attire, Jaclyn Demeter Jan 2015

Relationship Between Attribute Variables And First-Year Physician Assistant Students' Ratings Of Professional Attire, Jaclyn Demeter

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Objective. The purpose of this survey study was to investigate the noncausal relationships between various attribute variables of first year PA students (age, gender, ethnicity, education level, family income, and professional phase GPA) and their professionalism ratings of photos of three different outfits depicting each of five categories of attire (scrubs, casual, business casual, business, and white coat) worn in clinical settings.

Methods. An observational ecological design was utilized to measure students' perceptions of professional attire. First-year physician assistant students from Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana were asked to rank outfits from 1= unprofessional to 7= professional using a semantic …