Maori Medical Student and Physician Exposure to Racism, Discrimination, Harassment, and Bullying.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Discrimination, bullying, and harassment in medicine have been reported internationally, but exposures for Indigenous medical students and physicians, and for racism specifically, remain less examined.

Objective

To examine the prevalence of racism, discrimination, bullying, and harassment for Māori medical students and physicians in New Zealand and associations with demographic and clinical characteristics.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional study used data from an anonymous national survey of Māori medical students and physicians in New Zealand in late 2021 and early 2022. Data were analyzed from March 2022 to April 2024.

Exposures

Age, gender, marginalized status (ie, in addition to being Māori, belonging to other groups traditi

SUBMITTER: Cormack D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11217868 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature