Microaggressions in medicine are all too common and are often disproportionately experienced by those underrepresented in the medicine. In this episode Dr. Melanie Molina, an emergency medicine physician at UCSF, shares her personal experience facing microaggressions and discusses both the psychological and physiological impact of microaggressions. Dr. Molina also highlights strategies to both reduce and respond to microaggressions.

To read Dr. Molina’s perspective piece and her feature in the NY Times:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32456801/

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/11/health/microaggression-medicine-doctors.html

Articles discussed:

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamasurgery/article-abstract/2738043

https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2007-07130-001

https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2019-01033-011

Music by

-  Bacchanal by Nuisance

-  Glasses on the Table by Crowander