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To explore how ethnicity influences graduate-entry medical students' clinical experiences and the role of medical education in supporting diverse students.

February 19, 2026BMC Medical EducationOpen Access

Students perspectives of the effect of ethnicity on experiences in a graduate entry medicine course in Wales: a qualitative study

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MZMehwaish Haseefah ZulfiqarSwansea University MMMariam MoughalSwansea University ARArian RahimSwansea University

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Qualitative study explores how ethnicity affects medical students' experiences, suggesting improvements for education.

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To explore how ethnicity influences graduate-entry medical students' clinical experiences and the role of medical education in supporting diverse students.
Conducted semi-structured interviews with 17 graduate-entry medical students.
Participants included 9 students from Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic backgrounds and 8 from White Caucasian backgrounds.
Utilized volunteer and snowball sampling strategies for recruitment.
6 BAME students reported feeling disadvantaged compared to 2 White students.
Gender was most linked to disadvantage, followed by ethnicity and racial background.
Patient and clinician interactions contributed to experiences of microaggressions and overt racism.

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Zulfiqar et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6996a83eecb39a600b3eebe7 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-023-04852-7

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