Exploring Self-Censorship and Self-Disclosure Among Clinical Medical Students with Minoritized Identities.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Self-censorship and self-disclosure are two ways students negotiate and reconcile their personal identities with their burgeoning professional identities in order to succeed in the clinical learning environment. In this study, the authors explored how clinical medical students with minoritized identities navigate self-censorship and self-disclosure. Overall, the authors sought to better characterize perceived educational safety among minoritized medical students and identify strategies to better support trainees from diverse backgrounds.

Methods

The authors utilized constructivist grounded theory methodology and conducted individual qualitative interviews from 2022-2024 with 16 clinical medical students in the United States who held one or more minoritized ident

SUBMITTER: Sankar V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11908417 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature