The impact of role and race on overall climate in dental schools
Role and race influence experience of climate. There is a definite power hierarchy dynamic at play, and it impacts how one experiences the dental school climate. Frameworks of racial battle fatigue, intersectionality, and antiracism should be widely explored and implemented across oral health professions education to counter the results of this first-ever, dental education-wide climate study.
Authors
- Vidya Ramaswamy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1439-2346)
- Carlos S. Smith (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7311-8515)
- Todd V. Ester
- Lisa Cain (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4053-1549)
Institutions
- University of Michigan (US)
- Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU (US)
- The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Dental Education
- Published
- 2025-05-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/jdd.13730
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Medical Education and Admissions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.76