• Inclusion

• External Shocks
• Feedback Cycles

• Accommodating newcomers

Mapping the medical stereotype: Similarities and dissimilarities between migrant and non-migrant medical students in the Netherlands as a function of their stereotypical view of the profession

Dissertation: Born abroad, studied here: a historical and psychological account of migrant doctors integrating Mapping the medical stereotype: Similarities and dissimilarities between migrant and non-migrant medical students in the Netherlands as a function of their stereotypical view of the profession

Background. In prior work, we found that the place where medical students received their education impacted their professional identity formation (Groot et al., in prep.). In the current line of studies, we expand on this finding by investigating how receiving education in the destination country impacts the way in which migrant doctors are perceived by their social surroundings. Specifically, we ask: Will locally educated doctors be accepted to a higher degree than foreign-educated doctors? Method. Five vignette studies measured the response of majority group members (White, UK or NL-born participants), assuming the role of patients, to migrant doctors who were either educated abroad or in the country of destination (total N = 1181). Results. both a doctor’s birthplace and a doctor’s place of education impacted patients’ acceptance of that doctor. Changed perceptions about the doctor’s level of competence, not of their sociability or morality, explained this increase in acceptance. However, when presented with negative information about the doctor’s competence, sociability, and especially morality, patients’ acceptance plummeted. This is in line with a recent convergence of evidence within the field of social psychology about the importance of evaluations about competence, sociability, and morality (Abele et al., 2021). Conclusion. Concerning migrant doctors, not just where they were born, but also where they were educated determines acceptance by their social surroundings. Evaluations of competence, sociability, and morality may drive this effect.

How do a doctor’s place of birth and place of education affect a patient’s social evaluations of that doctor (in terms of competence, sociability, and morality), and, consequently, how do interventions targeting these social evaluations lead to improved acceptance of migrant doctors?

• Collected during project

• Experiment
• Vignette survey

Yes

• Structured

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01/05/2020