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Area of Science:

  • Medical Education Research
  • Gender Studies in Medicine
  • Professional Identity Development

Background:

  • Gender discrimination is prevalent in medical education, yet its impact on foundational competencies like personal and professional identity formation (PPIF) is not well understood.
  • This study investigates the relationship between experiencing gender discrimination during medical school and its effects on PPIF.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To assess how gender discrimination experiences in medical school influence personal and professional identity formation (PPIF) among MD students.
  • To quantify the impact of different frequencies of gender discrimination on PPIF for male and female students.

Main Methods:

  • A retrospective cross-sectional study analyzed deidentified data from 37,610 MD students who matriculated between 2014-2015.
  • Data were sourced from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Graduation Questionnaire (GQ), assessing discrimination frequency and PPIF.
  • Gender was binarized, and PPIF metrics (personal and professional development) were dichotomized for analysis.

Main Results:

  • Female students reported higher rates of isolated and recurrent gender discrimination compared to male students.
  • Both male and female students experiencing gender discrimination showed lower likelihoods of PPIF compared to their peers.
  • Recurrent discrimination was associated with significantly reduced likelihoods of both personal and professional development for both genders, with males showing sharper declines.

Conclusions:

  • Gender discrimination in medical school adversely affects the personal and professional identity formation of both female and male students.
  • Interventions to combat gender discrimination are essential for fostering comprehensive student development in medical training.
  • Further research is needed to explore the impact of gender discrimination on the development of gender-diverse medical students.