In a single-center survey of 190 anesthesiology faculty and trainees, 17.9% identified as coming from a disadvantaged socioeconomic background (DB). Compared with peers, DB respondents reported significantly higher rates of exclusion, harassment, discrimination, and microaggressions, along with lower perceived value and greater need to work harder for equal recognition. These findings suggest that socioeconomic background—measured using the NIH DB definition—may be an underrecognized factor associated with workplace experience in academic medicine, though results are limited by sample size and setting.

Source: JAMA Network Open