Kherani Imaan Zera, Osei-Yeboah Clara, Bushra Maham, Mahendiran Meera, Inibhunu Happy, Mylopoulos Maria, Law Marcus
Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, Ontario, Canada.
Can Med Educ J. 2024 Dec 31;15(6):64-71. doi: 10.36834/cmej.76112. eCollection 2024 Dec.
Equity-deserving groups are communities marginalized from institutional power by oppressive forces (e.g., racism, sexism, homophobia, ableism). is a medical-student-led podcast created to interview physicians of intersectional backgrounds about their institutional experience. This study aims to evaluate the podcast as a tool for knowledge, mentorship, and psychological safety for equity-deserving listeners.
Between February and March 2022, we recruited medical students across all levels of training from English-speaking Canadian medical schools using email listservs and social media. We disseminated a cross-sectional questionnaire assessing demographics, knowledge gained from podcast engagement, attitudes towards podcasts as a tool for mentorship, and psychological/emotional gains from the podcast content. We conducted descriptive and frequency analyses of quantitative data and applied thematic analysis to qualitative data.
Thirty-eight individuals completed the entire survey from all levels of training, with 97% self-identifying with at least one equity-deserving group. 100% agreed that the podcast was an accessible form of mentorship; participants appreciated self-pacing mentorship and interacting with many narratives. Listeners gleaned lessons about wellness, advocacy work, allyship, cultural imposter syndrome, and navigating discrimination. Furthermore, most listeners felt represented, empowered, and legitimized by podcast content.
Podcasts can serve as a medium for accessible equity-centred mentorship. By disseminating multiple underrepresented narratives in medicine, the podcast serves as a source of EDI knowledge while contributing to learner safety.
应得公平权益群体是被压迫力量（如种族主义、性别歧视、恐同症、对残障人士的歧视）边缘化于制度权力之外的群体。[播客名称]是一档由医学生主导的播客节目，旨在采访具有交叉背景的医生，了解他们在机构中的经历。本研究旨在评估该播客作为一种工具，为应得公平权益的听众提供知识、指导和心理安全感。
2022年2月至3月期间，我们通过电子邮件列表和社交媒体，从加拿大英语授课医学院招募了各级培训阶段的医学生。我们发放了一份横断面调查问卷，评估人口统计学信息、从参与播客中获得的知识、对播客作为指导工具的态度，以及从播客内容中获得的心理/情感收获。我们对定量数据进行了描述性和频率分析，并对定性数据应用了主题分析。
来自各级培训阶段的38人完成了全部调查，其中97%的人自我认同为至少一个应得公平权益群体。100%的人认为[播客名称]播客是一种易于获取的指导形式；参与者赞赏自主节奏的指导方式以及与多种经历的互动。听众汲取了关于健康、宣传工作、盟友关系、文化冒名顶替综合症以及应对歧视等方面的经验教训。此外，大多数听众认为播客内容让他们有了被代表、被赋能和被认可的感觉。
播客可以作为一种以公平为中心的易于获取的指导媒介。通过传播医学中多种代表性不足的经历，[播客名称]播客成为了公平、多样性和包容性（EDI）知识的来源，同时也有助于学习者的安全。
