SubmissionId 43719

Acceptance Declaration
Accept

Accepted Type
Oral

Category
General Call (Workshop, Oral Presentation, Poster Presentation)

Type
Oral

Sub Type
Education Research

Considered for Poster
yes

Title
Islamophobia in Residency

Background/Purpose
A key purpose of the University of Toronto's 2017 annual survey of residents was to better understand the experiences of Muslim residents, particularly those who say their religion is "easily identifiable" by their appearance, and to understand who was engaging in this type of inappropriate behavior.

Methods
From March 31 to May 8, 2017, we conducted an online survey of all University of Toronto residents and received a 53% response rate (n=1080).The sample data were weighted by gender to match the known resident population gender ratio.

Results
We conducted univariate and nested bivariate analysis. Only a slightly larger proportion of Muslim residents than the resident population as a whole said they had experienced discrimination during the past academic year (41% vs. 33%); however, 60% of Muslim residents whose religion is 'easily identifiable' by their appearance had experienced discrimination during the past academic year. The data show surprising patterns in the perpetration of discrimination and harassment. Twice as many Muslim residents (32%) than Christian (15%) or Jewish (17%) residents experienced discrimination/harassment from faculty. Further, Muslim residents whose religion is identifiable were twice as likely as other Muslim residents to have experienced discrimination and harassment by U of T faculty members (44% vs. 20%). Only 6% of residents who experienced discrimination/harassment reported all incidents.

Conclusion
The survey findings indicate strongly that identifiably Muslim residents are targeted for discrimination, including by faculty, residents and other healthcare workers. The data offer direction for responding to discrimination and harassment with targeted programming for faculty.

Keyword 1
Discrimination

Keyword 2
Islamophobia

Keyword 3
Diversity

Level of Training
Post Graduate

Abstract Themes
Postgraduate

Additional Theme (First choice)
Postgraduate

Additional Theme (Second Choice)
Professionalism

Additional Theme (Third Choice)
Undergraduate

Authors

Term 1
Yes

Term 2
Yes

Term 3
Yes

Term 4
Yes

Term 5
Yes
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