{"id":320,"date":"2023-05-03T08:50:24","date_gmt":"2023-05-03T08:50:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/gp-teaching\/?p=320"},"modified":"2023-07-26T13:39:44","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T13:39:44","slug":"supporting-students-experiencing-discrimination-during-gp-placements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/gp-teaching\/2023\/05\/03\/supporting-students-experiencing-discrimination-during-gp-placements\/","title":{"rendered":"Supporting students experiencing discrimination during GP placements\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>by Dr Agalya Ramanathan<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Whilst clinical placements in general practice continue to be rated highly by medical students, unfortunately, some students report experiencing or witnessing <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">discrimination whilst on placement, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">which may lead to them feeling excluded, disengaged and experiencing poor wellbeing and mental health issues.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Students affected have reported being unsure about who to go to for support and concern about what will happen if they do seek support. The BMA has created a racial harassment charter for medical schools which Imperial, along with many other universities, has signed up to. Two key aspects include supporting individuals to speak out, as evidence suggests students rarely do, and addressing racial harassment in placements.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">We have developed resources and training for our GP tutors on supporting students experiencing discrimination during their clinical placements. These include a video for GP tutors which includes student and tutor perspectives on how best to support students and further resources for tutors to access and share with students. The video can be viewed here:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Supporting students experiencing discrimination during GP placements\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UYFxL6wrCaw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\"> <a class=\"Hyperlink SCXW89894630 BCX0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UYFxL6wrCaw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW89894630 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW89894630 BCX0\">Supporting students experiencing discrimination during GP placements<\/span><\/span><\/a><span class=\"TextRun SCXW89894630 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW89894630 BCX0\">.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">In the video, Thivya Gangatharan, a medical student, shares her view that \u201cIf a student were to come to a GP tutor, and talk about their experiences of discrimination&#8230;one thing that would really really help would be just to have that space, just to provide space to talk about what it is they are reflecting on. Because&#8230; that\u2019s really the first step to tackling discrimination. Having spaces where we can acknowledge that it happens and from then on, thinking about raising it further\u201d<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">At our Annual Teachers Conference on 9<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">th<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> June<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> we will be facilitating a workshop titled <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">What can we do to support students who experience discrimination in primary care teaching settings? All our GP tutors are invited to attend. We are also planning a half-day training course on this topic for GP tutors. We hope these resources will be helpful for our tutors in ensuring our students feel supported.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Please see our website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imperial.ac.uk\/school-public-health\/primary-care-and-public-health\/teaching\/undergrad\/atc\/2023\/\">https:\/\/www.imperial.ac.uk\/school-public-health\/primary-care-and-public-health\/teaching\/undergrad\/atc\/2023\/<\/a><\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0to book onto the Annual Teachers\u2019 Conference.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Dr Agalya Ramanathan Whilst clinical placements in general practice continue to be rated highly by medical students, unfortunately, some students report experiencing or witnessing discrimination whilst on placement, which may lead to them feeling excluded, disengaged and experiencing poor wellbeing and mental health issues.\u00a0\u00a0 Students affected have reported being unsure about who to go [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1286,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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