Open AccessWhere Do I Fit In? A Perspective on Challenges Faced by Asian American Medical Students
Author(s) -
Daniel Ahn,
Namrata Garg,
Aaditi G. Naik,
James Fan,
Helen Wei,
Bonnie Song,
Kyungsoon Chung,
Mónica Vela,
Karen Kim
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
health equity
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.826
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2473-1242
DOI - 10.1089/heq.2020.0158
Subject(s) - diversity (politics) , feeling , inclusion (mineral) , perspective (graphical) , asian americans , cultural diversity , white (mutation) , race (biology) , medical school , ethnic group , psychology , medical education , medicine , gender studies , sociology , social psychology , anthropology , artificial intelligence , computer science , biochemistry , chemistry , gene
Asian American medical students (AAMSs) face significant bias in the medical learning environment and are more likely than White students to perceive their school climate negatively. Little is known about the factors that contribute to AAMSs' negative experiences. This perspective aims to describe AAMSs' experiences with diversity and inclusion efforts using survey data from a midwest regional conference, Asians in Medicine: A Conference on Advocacy and Allyship. AAMS respondents reported feeling excluded from diversity and inclusion efforts and conference participants advocated for institutional culture and climate assessments stratified by race and disaggregated into Asian subgroups.