Author:
Rezaiefar Parisa,Abou-Hamde Yara,Naz Farah,Alborhamy Yasmine S.,LaDonna Kori A.
Abstract
Introduction Medicine remains an inequitable profession for women. Challenges are
compounded for underrepresented women in medicine (UWiM), yet the complex features of
underrepresentation and how they influence women’s career paths remain underexplored.
This qualitative study examined the experiences of trainees self-identifying as UWiM,
including how navigating underrepresentation influenced their envisioned career
paths.
Methods Ten UWiM family medicine trainees from one Canadian institution
participated in semi-structured group interviews. Thematic analysis of the data was
informed by feminist epistemology and unfolded during an iterative process of data
familiarization, coding, and theme generation.
Results Participants identified as
UWiM based on visible and invisible identity markers. All participants experienced
discrimination and “otherness”, but experiences differed based on how identities
intersected. Participants spent considerable energy anticipating discrimination,
navigating otherness, and assuming protective behaviours against real and perceived
threats. Both altruism and a desire for personal safety and inclusion influenced their
envisioned careers serving marginalized populations and mentoring underrepresented
trainees.
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