Discrimination in an "equal country"-a survey amongst Swedish final-year medical students.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Discrimination due to gender and ethnicity has been found to be widespread in medicine and healthcare. Swedish and European legislation list seven discrimination grounds (age, sex, ethnicity, religion, sexuality, non-binary gender identity, and disability) which may intersect with each other; yet these have only been sparsely researched. The aim of this study was to assess the extent of discrimination, based on these seven discrimination grounds, amongst final-year medical students in Sweden.

Methods

A web-based survey, based on the CHERRIES-checklist, was disseminated to course coordinators and program directors in charge of final year medical students at all seven medical schools in Sweden. Quantitative data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Fisher's e

SUBMITTER: Velin L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9238226 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature