Study probes racism reported by Black medical students at University of Saskatchewan

, documents a litany of reported indignities that include a senior doctor defending her use of a racial slur, comments about police brutality against “dangerous” Black people in the United States, and scrutiny that left a student feeling like they did not belong.

“We ended up finding out that experiences of racism are not just between students and patients when students are in the clinical setting but from even their professors or clinicians that they are working with.” “They get racism from their preceptors, the patients, the faculty, the curriculum, the peers. And then by the time they’re in the residency years and beyond, the sources multiply further. They are getting it from hospital leadership, consulting physicians, attending physicians.”

Starting next spring, the admissions process will include Black representatives on interview panels, similar to policies at some other medical schools including the University of Toronto, the University of Alberta and the University of Calgary. Baetz said the university does not collect race-based data on its students and faculty but is working with various demographic groups on respectful ways to gather that information.

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