Racial anxiety among medical residents: Institutional implications of social accountability

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• Alternative Title:
  J Health Care Poor Underserved
• Personal Author:
  Bradley, Lilanta Joy ; Clem, Jennifer ; Godsil, Rachel ; MacFarlane, Jessica ; Foster, Pamela Payne
• Description:
  As the U.S. population becomes more racially diverse, physicians need to have cultural skills for optimal health outcomes; however, the literature is sparse for cultural skill application of medical trainees. This paper focuses on Family Medicine residents' perceptions of racial anxiety and their preparedness to manage cross-racial interactions. Of the 24 respondents, the majority were female. The ethnicities of respondents were 16 non-Hispanic White, five African American, and three Native American. Most participants demonstrated good general knowledge and/or self-efficacy on racial anxiety, but produced lower scores in workplace skills and actions related to racial anxiety. Thus, physician training programs should incorporate more skill development around racial anxiety. More research is needed to examine how medical schools approach multicultural education as a method of disrupting health disparities to reflect trends of social accountability and social justice.
• Subjects:
  Anxiety Attitude Of Health Personnel Bioethical Issues Cultural Competency Cultural Diversity Ethnicity Female General Practice Humans Internship And Residency Male Minority Groups Physician-Patient Relations

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• Keywords:
  Cultural Competency Medical Residents Racial Anxiety Social Accountability
• Source:
  J Health Care Poor Underserved. 30(4 Suppl):105-115
• Pubmed ID:
  31735724
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC8066403
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  U01 PS003320/PS/NCHHSTP CDC HHSUnited States/ ; U54 CA118948/CA/NCI NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U54 CA118623/CA/NCI NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U54 CA118638/CA/NCI NIH HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  30
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:e674b7d182e2e9acba70f18e38b08f3a254de075b6084e4fcc06e718350d50bf
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/105561/cdc_105561_DS1.pdf
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