The role of demographic characteristics in US medical students' professional well-being and medical school experiences: An intersectional approach.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Previous findings have been mixed about the role of demographic characteristics in medical students' well-being and school experiences when those characteristics were examined in isolation. The aim of this study was to investigate the roles of gender, race and ethnicity, and sexual orientation in medical students' professional well-being and medical school experiences using an intersectional approach.

Method

We analyzed data from the 2019-2022 Association of American Medical Colleges Graduation Questionnaire (N = 66,795). The independent variable was intersectional groups, composed of 16 intersectional groups that combined various genders, races and ethnicities, and sexual orientations. The outcome variables were professional well-being (i.e., burnout, career re

SUBMITTER: Liu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12707665 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature