Reflections on the Asian American and Pacific Islander Experience

Wang, Victoria; Wang, Michelle J.; Lee, Yeon Woo

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“…Similar to other racial and gender minoritized students, forms of discrimination range from disparate performance evaluations, reports of mistreatment and experiences of microaggressions, and honor society selection to the presence of racist stereotypes like the model minority, which supposes that all Asian Americans are successful and problem free . Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, several perspective pieces encouraged medical schools to actively combat anti-Asian racism . However, to our knowledge no research has reported on Asian American medical students experiences with anti-Asian racism during the pandemic.…”

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“… 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, several perspective pieces encouraged medical schools to actively combat anti-Asian racism. 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 However, to our knowledge no research has reported on Asian American medical students experiences with anti-Asian racism during the pandemic.…”

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Experiences with Racism Among Asian American Medical Students

Yang,

Justen,

Lee

et al. 2023

JAMA Netw Open

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ImportanceAsian American physicians have experienced a dual pandemic of racism and COVID-19 since 2020; understanding how racism has affected the learning environment of Asian American medical students is necessary to inform strategies to promoting a more inclusive medical school environment and a diverse and inclusive workforce. While prior research has explored the influence of anti-Asian racism on the experiences of Asian American health care workers, to our knowledge there are no studies investigating how racism has impacted the training experiences of Asian American medical students.ObjectiveTo characterize how Asian American medical students have experienced anti-Asian racism in a medical school learning environment.Design, Setting, and ParticipantsThis qualitative study included online video interviews of Asian American medical students performed between July 29, 2021, and August 22, 2022. Eligible participants were recruited through the Asian Pacific American Medical Students Association and snowball sampling, and the sample represented a disaggregated population of Asian Americans and all 4 medical school years.Main Outcomes and MeasuresThe medical school experiences of Asian American medical students.ResultsAmong 25 participants, Asian ethnicities included 8 Chinese American (32%), 5 Korean American (20%), 5 Indian American (20%), 3 Vietnamese American (12%), 2 Filipino American (8%), and 1 (4%) each Nepalese, Pakistani, and Desi American; 16 (64%) were female. Participants described 5 major themes concerning their experience with discrimination: (1) invisibility as racial aggression (eg, “It took them the whole first year to be able to tell me apart from the other Asian guy”); (2) visibility and racial aggression (“It transitioned from these series of microaggressions that every Asian person felt to actual aggression”); (3) absence of the Asian American experience in medical school (“They’re not going to mention Asian Americans at all”); (4) ignored while seeking support (“I don’t know what it means to have this part of my identity supported”); and (5) envisioning the future.Conclusions and RelevanceIn this qualitative study, Asian American medical students reported feeling invisible within medical school while a target of anti-Asian racism. Addressing these unique challenges related to anti-Asian racism is necessary to promote a more inclusive medical school learning environment.

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