Gabrielle Kis Bromberg, Jessica R Berwick, Nora K Horick, Sherri-Ann M Burnett-Bowie
Clinicians report experiencing bias at work. Although previous studies have characterized these experiences among trainees and clinical faculty, ours is the first to describe experiences of bias within a multidisciplinary hospital medicine group. In our study, 82.5% of surveyed nurse practitioners (NPs), physician assistants (PAs), and physicians reported experiencing gender, racial, or other forms of bias in the workplace. In addition to women reporting higher rates of gender bias and Asian/Black/Latinx/multiracial/other race respondents reporting higher rates of racial bias, half of participants reported experiencing other forms of bias related to gender expression, perceived sexual orientation, body habitus, age, accent, country of origin, or perceived socioeconomic status...
January 12, 2024: Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners