'Where are you really from?': a qualitative study of racial microaggressions and the impact on medical students in the UK.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore graduate-entry medical students' experiences of racial microaggressions, the impact of these on learning, performance and attainment, and their views on how these can be reduced.

Design

Qualitative study using semistructured focus groups and group interviews.

Setting

UK.

Participants

20 graduate-entry medical students were recruited using volunteer and snowball sampling; all students self-identified as being from racially minoritised (RM) backgrounds.

Results

Participants reported experiencing numerous types of racial microaggressions during their time at medical school. Students' accounts highlighted how these impacted directly and indirectly on their learning, performance and well-being. Students frequently reported feeling uncomfo

SUBMITTER: Morrison N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10163503 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature