Overview
Workplace discrimination is receiving increased attention within healthcare; however, most interventions focus on racial/ethnic and sexual and gender identities. Discrimination based on religious identity remains understudied. While Muslim Americans comprise more than 5% of the physician workforce, the ongoing sociopolitical climate of Islamophobia negatively affects Muslim physician experiences in the workforce. Minority physicians’ experiences with workplace discrimination adversely impacts their personal career trajectories and health, as well as the workplace climate. Thus, our projects investigate not only the experiences of Muslim clinicians but the wider context of accommodation, diversity and inclusion and the social implications.
Objectives
Quantify Muslim physicians’ experiences with religious discrimination
Compare trends between 2013 and 2021 national surveys
Background
Workplace discrimination is receiving increased attention within healthcare; however, most interventions focus on racial/ethnic and sexual and gender identities. Discrimination based on religious identity remains understudied. While Muslim Americans comprise more than 5% of the physician workforce, the ongoing sociopolitical climate of Islamophobia negatively affects Muslim physician experiences in the workforce. Minority physicians’ experiences with workplace discrimination adversely impacts their personal career trajectories and health, as well as the workplace climate. Thus, our projects investigate not only the experiences of Muslim clinicians but the wider context of accommodation, diversity and inclusion and the social implications.
Project Aims
- Believe they have been passed over for professional advancement because of their religion
- Patients have refused my care because of my religious identity
- Left a job due to discrimination at workplace
- Experience religious discrimination at their current workplace
Methadology
Workplace discrimination is receiving increased attention within healthcare; however, most interventions focus on racial/ethnic and sexual and gender identities. Discrimination based on religious identity remains understudied. While Muslim Americans comprise more than 5% of the physician workforce, the ongoing sociopolitical climate of Islamophobia negatively affects Muslim physician experiences in the workforce. Minority physicians’ experiences with workplace discrimination adversely impacts their personal career trajectories and health, as well as the workplace climate. Thus, our projects investigate not only the experiences of Muslim clinicians but the wider context of accommodation, diversity and inclusion and the social implications.
Resources
- Copyright: CC BY 4.0
- Publisher: II&M
- Availability: Web-Only
- Pages: 14
- DOI: https://www.medicineandislam.org
- Document Number: RR-A956-12
- Year: 2022
- Series: Research Reports
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