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A Scoping Review of Recommendations and Training to Respond to Patient Microaggressions.

Wittkower LD, Bryan JL, Asghar-Ali AA. A Scoping Review of Recommendations and Training to Respond to Patient Microaggressions. Academic Psychiatry : The Journal of The American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training and The Association For Academic Psychiatry. 2022 Oct 1; 46(5):627-639.

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Abstract:

OBJECTIVE: Patient microaggressions affect practitioners in all fields of healthcare and especially psychiatry. In multiple studies, healthcare professionals reported high rates of patient microaggressions and discrimination. To date, this is the first scoping review of recommendations and trainings on patient microaggressions. METHOD: A scoping review of articles indexed in PubMed, PsycINFO, Medline, ERIC, and MedEdPORTAL was conducted from July 2020 to August 2020 to identify recommendations and solutions for healthcare professionals on responding to patient microaggressions. RESULTS: The review identified 27 studies that provide recommendations and trainings for healthcare professionals to address patient microaggressions. Twenty studies outlined recommendations for healthcare professionals and systems on how to respond to patient offenses. These 20 studies were grouped into establishing a supportive culture, addressing the microaggression, supporting the targets of microaggressions, discriminatory requests, and institutional responses. Six articles described trainings that equip providers with tools to address patient microaggressions, including the ERASE framework ("Expect/Recognize/Address/Support/Establish, Encourage"); Stop, Talk, and Roll; interrupting microaggressions; XYZ ("I felt X when Y because Z"); the ACTION model ("Ask/Come/Tell/Impact/Own/Next"); and the OWTFD tool ("Observe/Why/Think/Feel/Desire"). CONCLUSION: Recommendations and trainings for the response to microaggressions are emerging, and results of trainings are encouraging. However, more work is needed to evaluate the effectiveness of these trainings in clinical settings and longitudinally.





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