Faculty Development - Rowan-Virtua SOM: Microaggressions

Microaggression - Brief and commonplace verbal, nonverbal, and environmental insults against someone based on their identity. They do not have to be intentional.
   From: Rowan University’s Division of  Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
   The Language of Identity: Using inclusive terminology at Rowan University

• Resources – Microagressions
  • Videos:
    • Chesca Leigh: Getting Called Out: How to Apologize (8:36)
    • Fusion Comedy: How microaggressions are like mosquito bites (1:57)
      The simplest explanation I’ve seen for people who haven’t really thought about microaggressions before. Note: Some expletives in the video
    • helpmefindparents: What kind of Asian are you? (2:19)
    • Jay Smooth: How To Tell Someone They Sound Racist (2:59)
  • Articles (Web and Journal)
    • Ackerman-Barger, K., Boatright, D., Gonzalez-Colaso, R., Orozco, R., & Latimore, D. (2020). Seeking inclusion excellence: Understanding racial microaggressions as experienced by underrepresented medical and nursing students. Academic Medicine: Journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges, 95(5), 758.
    • Brown, I. M. (2020). Diversity Matters: Blind Spots: EPs, Microaggressions, and Privilege. Emergency Medicine News, 42(11), 25.
    • Clay, R. A. (2019). Did you really just say that?. American Psychological Association
    • Chisholm, L. P., Jackson, K. R., Davidson, H. A., Churchwell, A. L., Fleming, A. E., & Drolet, B. C. (2020). Evaluation of Racial Microaggressions Experienced During Medical School Training and the Effect on Medical Student Education and Burnout: A Validation Study. JAMA: Journal of the National Medical Association.
    • Espaillat, A., Panna, D.K., Goede, D.L. et al. An exploratory study on microaggressions in medical school: What are they and why should we care? Perspect Med Educ 8, 143–151 (2019).
    • Fisher, H. N., Chatterjee, P., Shapiro, J., Katz, J. T., & Yialamas, M. A. (2021). “Let’s Talk About What Just Happened”: a Single-Site Survey Study of a Microaggression Response Workshop for Internal Medicine Residents. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 1-3.
      • Includes a Microaggression Response Toolkit
    • Goldberg, M. (2020). For Doctors of Color, Microaggressions Are All Too Familiar. New York Times
    • Goldhammer, H., Smart, A. C., Kissock, L. A., & Keuroghlian, A. S. (2021). Organizational Strategies and Inclusive Language to Build Culturally Responsive Health Care Environments for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer People. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 32(1), 18-29.
    • Molina, M. F., Landry, A. I., Chary, A. N., & Burnett-Bowie, S. A. M. (2020). Addressing the elephant in the room: microaggressions in medicine. Ann Emerg Med, 76(4), 387-91.
    • Murphy, B. (2021). Microaggressions happen in medical school. Here’s how to stop them. AMA
    • Periyakoil, V. S., Chaudron, L., Hill, E. V., Pellegrini, V., Neri, E., & Kraemer, H. C. (2020). Common types of gender-based microaggressions in medicine. Academic Medicine: Journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges, 95(3), 450-457.
    • Smith, T. (2020). Key tips for medical residents facing microaggressions. AMA
    • Smith, T. (2019). What to do when a patient says, “I’d rather have a white doctor.” AMA
    • Sue. D.W. (2010). Racial Microaggressions in Everyday Life: Is subtle bias harmless? Psychology Today
    • Torres, M. B., Salles, A., & Cochran, A. (2019). Recognizing and reacting to microaggressions in medicine and surgery. JAMA Surgery, 154(9), 868-872.
    • Ulloa, J., Talamantes, E., & Moreno, G. (2016). Microaggressions During Medical Training. JAMA : the Journal of the American Medical Association, 316(10). 
    • Wheeler, D. J., Zapata, J., Davis, D., & Chou, C. (2019). Twelve tips for responding to microaggressions and overt discrimination: when the patient offends the learner. Medical teacher, 41(10), 1112-1117.