Faculty Self‐reported Experience with Racial and Ethnic Discrimination in Academic Medicine

BACKGROUND: Despite the need to recruit and retain minority faculty in academic medicine, little is known about the experiences of minority faculty, in particular their self‐reported experience of racial and ethnic discrimination at their institutions. OBJECTIVE: To determine the frequency of self‐reported experience of racial/ethnic discrimination among faculty of U.S. medical schools, as well as associations with outcomes, such as career satisfaction, academic rank, and number of peer‐reviewed publications. DESIGN: A 177‐item self‐administered mailed survey of U.S. medical school faculty. SETTING: Twenty‐four randomly selected medical schools in the contiguous United States. PARTICIPANTS: A random sample of 1,979 full‐time faculty, stratified by medical school, specialty, graduation cohort, and gender. MEASUREMENTS: Frequency of self‐reported experiences of racial/ethnic bias and discrimination. RESULTS: The response rate was 60%. Of 1,833 faculty eligible, 82% were non‐Hispanic white, 10% underrepresented minority (URM), and 8% nonunderrepresented minority (NURM). URM and NURM faculty were substantially more likely than majority faculty to perceive racial/ethnic bias in their academic environment (odds ratio [OR], 5.4; P