Academic Emergency Medicine Faculty Experiences with Racial and Sexual Orientation Discrimination.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Despite the increasing diversity of individuals entering medicine, physicians from racial and sexual minority groups continue to experience bias and discrimination in the workplace. The objective of this study was to determine the current experiences and perceptions of discrimination on the basis of race and sexual orientation among academic emergency medicine (EM) faculty.

Methods

We conducted a cross-sectional survey of a convenience sample of EM faculty across six programs. Survey items included the Overt Gender Discrimination at Work (OGDW) Scale adapted for race and sexual orientation, and the frequency and source of experienced and observed discrimination. Group comparisons were made using t-tests or chi-square analyses, and relationships between race or s

SUBMITTER: Lu DW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7514380 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature