A Survey Exploring Gendered Racism Experienced by Junior Doctors Working in Psychiatry

[摘要] Aims. To measure rates of racism experienced and witnessed byJunior Doctors working at Derbyshire Healthcare NHSFoundation Trust.Methods. Surveys were sent out via e-mail and WhatsApp to allJunior Doctors from 22 November 2021 to 1 December 2021.Questions asked about personal experiences of racism, witnessing racism to/from patients and/or staff whilst working inDerbyshire, knowledge of how to report incidents and if routinelyreported. Doctor race and gender recorded.Results. 88 Junior Doctors contacted. Response rate 55% (48 outof 88). 63% female, 35% male and 2% gender undisclosed. 37.5%White, 12.5% Black, 37.5% Asian, 6.3% Mixed-race, 4.2% Arab orother ethnic group and 2% Race undisclosed. 13% of doctorsexperienced racism from staff: 75% of the Black female population, 50% of the Black male population, 8% of the Asian femalepopulation and 17% of the Asian male population. 27% of doctorsexperienced racism from patients: 50% Black female population,50% Black male population, 58% Asian female population, 16%Asian male population, 100% Mixed-race female populationand 1 Race unspecified male. 13% of doctors witnessed racismfrom staff to other staff: 75% Black female population, 50%Black male population, 11% Asian female population and 16%Asian male population. 63% of doctors witnessed racism frompatients towards staff: 75% Black female population, 50% Blackmale population, 67% Asian female population, 33% Asian male population, 100% of the Mixed-race population, 58% Whitefemale population, 83% of the White male population and by 1male Race unspecified. Two reports of racism witnessed fromstaff towards patients. 50% of doctors do not know how to reportracism. 54% of doctors would report racism if they knew how.Conclusion. Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME) JuniorDoctors are disproportionately affected by racism with femalegender as an additional vulnerability. Mixed-race females, Asianfemales, and Black doctors gave highest reported experience ofracism from patients. Black doctors gave a higher reported experience of racism from staff and reported witnessing the most racismfrom staff towards other staff. Mixed-race and White male doctorsrepresent a high number of those that witness patients be racisttowards staff. Additional support is required in encouraging allyship, confidence and ability to report racism.

[学科分类] 计算机科学（综合）