Table 1
Survey questions
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Q1 Gender □ Male □ Female |
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Q2 Age |
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Q3 Race/Ethnicity □ American Indian or Alaska Native □ Asian □ Black or African American □ Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander □ White □ Hispanic or Latino or Spanish origin □ Not Hispanic or Latino or Spanish origin □ Unknown |
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Q4 Medical School Classification □ MS1 □ MS2 □ MS3 □ MS4 □ Research Year(s) □ Combined Degree Program |
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Q5 Have you heard of the term Microaggressions? □ Yes □ No |
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Q6 If you have heard of the term ‘Microaggressions’, what is your understanding of the term? |
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Q7 ‘Microaggressions are the brief and commonplace daily verbal, behavioral, and environmental indignities, whether intentional or unintentional, that communicate hostile, derogatory, or negative racial, gender, sexual-orientation, and religious slights and insults to the target person or group. Perpetrators are usually unaware that they have engaged in an exchange that demeans the recipient of the communication.’ Taken from: ‘Microaggressions in Everyday Life. Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation’ by Derald Wing Sue. Keeping in mind the above definition have you ever experienced Microaggressions during your time in Medical School? □ Yes, during medical school □ Yes, during my post graduate education, but before medical school □ Yes, during my undergraduate training □ Yes, but not in an educational setting □ No |
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Q8 If ‘yes’, in less than 150 words, please describe the event and how it made you feel. |
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Q9 If you selected ‘Yes, during medical school’, please indicate the year of study when this occurred. □ Didactic Years □ Required third year clerkships □ Away rotations □ Fourth year clinical rotations |