Marginalized identities, mistreatment, discrimination, and burnout among US medical students: cross sectional survey and retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe the association between mistreatment, burnout, and having multiple marginalized identities during undergraduate medical education.

Design

Cross sectional survey and retrospective cohort study.

Setting

140 US medical schools accredited by the Association of American Medical Colleges.

Participants

30 651 graduating medical students in 2016 and 2017.

Main outcome measures

Self-reported sex, race or ethnicity, and sexual orientation groups were considered, based on the unique combinations of historically marginalized identities held by students. Multivariable linear regression was used to determine the association between unique identity groups and burnout along two dimensions (exhaustion and disengagement) as measured by the Oldenburg

SUBMITTER: Teshome BG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8938931 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature