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The Association of Microaggressions with Depressive Symptoms and Institutional Satisfaction Among a National Cohort of Medical Students.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite substantial research on medical student mistreatment, there is scant quantitative data on microaggressions in US medical education.

Objective

To assess US medical students' experiences of microaggressions and how these experiences influenced students' mental health and medical school satisfaction.

Design and participants

We conducted a cross-sectional, online survey of US medical students' experiences of microaggressions.

Main measures

The primary outcome was a positive depression screen on the 2-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-2). Medical school satisfaction was a secondary outcome. We used logistic regression to model the association between respondents' reported microaggression frequency and the likelihood of a positive PHQ-2 screen. For secondary outcomes, we used the chi-squared statistic to test associations between microaggression exposure and medical school satisfaction.

Key results

Out of 759 respondents, 61% experienced at least one microaggression weekly. Gender (64.4%), race/ethnicity (60.5%), and age (40.9%) were the most commonly cited reasons for experiencing microaggressions. Increased microaggression frequency was associated with a positive depression screen in a dose-response relationship, with second, third, and fourth (highest) quartiles of microaggression frequency having odds ratios of 2.71 (95% CI: 1-7.9), 3.87 (95% CI: 1.48-11.05), and 9.38 (95% CI: 3.71-26.69), relative to the first quartile. Medical students who experienced at least one microaggression weekly were more likely to consider medical school transfer (14.5% vs 4.7%, p<0.001) and withdrawal (18.2% vs 5.7%, p<0.001) and more likely to believe microaggressions were a normal part of medical school culture (62.3% vs 32.1%) compared to students who experienced microaggressions less frequently.

Conclusions

To our knowledge, this is the largest study on the experiences and influences of microaggressions among a national sample of US medical students. Our major findings were that microaggressions are frequent occurrences and that the experience of microaggressions was associated with a positive depression screening and decreased medical school satisfaction.

SUBMITTER: Anderson N

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8811096 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The Association of Microaggressions with Depressive Symptoms and Institutional Satisfaction Among a National Cohort of Medical Students.

Anderson Nientara N Lett Elle E Asabor Emmanuella Ngozi EN Hernandez Amanda Lynn AL Nguemeni Tiako Max Jordan MJ Johnson Christen C Montenegro Roberto E RE Rizzo Tara M TM Latimore Darin D Nunez-Smith Marcella M Boatright Dowin D

Journal of general internal medicine 20210430 2

<h4>Background</h4>Despite substantial research on medical student mistreatment, there is scant quantitative data on microaggressions in US medical education.<h4>Objective</h4>To assess US medical students' experiences of microaggressions and how these experiences influenced students' mental health and medical school satisfaction.<h4>Design and participants</h4>We conducted a cross-sectional, online survey of US medical students' experiences of microaggressions.<h4>Main measures</h4>The primary ...[more]

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The Association of Microaggressions with Depressive Symptoms and Institutional Satisfaction Among a National Cohort of Medical Students.

Background

Objective

Design and participants

Main measures

Key results

Conclusions

Publications

The Association of Microaggressions with Depressive Symptoms and Institutional Satisfaction Among a National Cohort of Medical Students.

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