Meeting
Abstract Number: 1
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: Microaggressions (adapted from Sue et al. 2007) are “brief and commonplace verbal, behavioral, or environmental indignities, whether intentional or unintentional, that communicate hostile, derogatory, or negative slights and insults with regards to race, gender, religion, or sexual orientation that target a person or group”. In healthcare, studies have examined microaggressions’ effect on trainee experience, […]
Abstract Number: 82
SHM Converge 2023
Background: The extent and impact of bias in medicine are increasingly recognized. Studies have demonstrated the deleterious effect of clinicians’ biases on patient care (1,2), and the impact of patients’ biases on physicians’ well-being (3). We hypothesized that more subtle expressions of bias would increase burnout among academic hospitalists. The objectives of this study were […]
Abstract Number: A20
SHM Converge 2022
Background: Microaggressions are subtle, indirect words or actions that create hostility, communicate disrespect, or imply a sense of exclusion. Over time, these microaggressions can contribute to physician burn-out and negatively impact well-being. Although studies have found that a majority of physicians have been subjected to these deleterious comments by patients, many physicians have never received […]