Microaggressions in Medicine

Authors and Disclosures

Brittany Feaster, MHS, Lynn McKinley-Grant, MD, MA and Amy J. McMichael, MD

Ms. Feaster and Dr. McMichael are from the Department of Dermatology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Dr. McKinley-Grant is from the Department of Dermatology, Howard University College of Medicine Hospital, Washington, DC.

Correspondence
Amy J. McMichael, MD, 4618 Country Club Rd, Winston-Salem, NC 27104 (amcmicha@wakehealth.edu).

The authors report no conflict of interest.

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Practice Points

• As providers, we must strive to understand all categories of racism and expose the many ways prejudice manifests within medical training and clinical practice.

• Intervention strategies must be implemented to reduce the likelihood of the occurrence of microaggressions in medicine and challenge the stereotypes that undergird implicit bias.

• It is important to promote collaboration in diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts to demonstrate support for women and underrepresented minority medical students, residents, physicians, providers, and patients.