Table 2.
Prevalence and Frequency of Experiences of Microaggressions Among Survey Respondents
| Microaggression | Frequency Number of respondents (% of total respondents) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Never | Less than once a year | A few times a year | At least once a month | At least once a week | Almost everyday | |
| People trivialize my ideas in classroom discussions. | 145 (19.1) | 141 (18.6) | 201 (26.5) | 131 (17.3) | 95 (12.5) | 44 (5.8) |
| People devalue my opinion on patient care. | 211 (27.8) | 138 (18.2) | 174 (22.9) | 125 (16.5) | 82 (10.8) | 25 (3.3) |
| My ideas in the classroom are met with hostility. | 344 (45.3) | 164 (21.6) | 125 (16.5) | 79 (10.4) | 30 (4) | 16 (2.1) |
| People mistake me for someone else who shares an aspect of my identity. | 140 (18.4) | 96 (12.6) | 192 (25.3) | 173 (22.8) | 104 (13.7) | 52 (6.9) |
| People imply that I was admitted to medical school for reasons other than academic merit. | 379 (49.9) | 137 (18.1) | 152 (20) | 43 (5.7) | 20 (2.6) | 28 (3.7) |
| People are surprised by how well I speak English. | 450 (59.3) | 78 (10.3) | 117 (15.4) | 51 (6.7) | 27 (3.6) | 35 (4.6) |
| In clinical settings or at my medical school, I am mistaken for auxiliary staff. | 308 (40.6) | 88 (11.6) | 137 (18.1) | 107 (14.1) | 65 (8.6) | 48 (6.3) |
| People seem surprised by my intelligence. | 233 (30.7) | 134 (17.7) | 166 (21.9) | 109 (14.4) | 61 (8) | 55 (7.2) |
| I am made to feel unwelcome in a group. | 228 (30) | 154 (20.3) | 182 (24) | 98 (12.9) | 61 (8) | 34 (4.5) |
| People are cautious with their personal belongings around me. | 570 (75.1) | 87 (11.5) | 52 (6.9) | 24 (3.2) | 10 1.3) | 14 (1.8) |
| I am reluctant to ask questions because I feel I will be judged. | 117 (15.4) | 66 (8.7) | 151 (19.9) | 148 (19.5) | 136 (17.9) | 140 (18.4) |
| My ideas are ignored but other people are applauded when they say the same thing. | 173 (22.8) | 142 (18.7) | 158 (20.8) | 139 (18.3) | 88 (11.6) | 59 (7.8) |
| I feel socially isolated at my medical school. | 196 (25.8) | 124 (16.3) | 143 (18.8) | 113 (14.9) | 98 (12.9) | 83 (10.9) |
| Faculty discourage me from pursing a medical field I am interested in. | 467 (61.5) | 115 (15.2) | 87 (11.5) | 47 (6.2) | 22 (2.9) | 19 (2.5) |
| People assume that I could be violent. | 589 (77.6) | 63 (8.3) | 47 (6.2) | 27 (3.6) | 17 (2.2) | 15 (2) |
| I feel invisible at my medical school. | 289 (38.1) | 149 (19.6) | 119 (15.7) | 83 (10.9) | 66 (8.7) | 53 (7) |
Cronbach’s α for scale is 0.91