Perspectives of Dermatology Faculty Toward Millennial Trainees and Colleagues: A National Survey

Abstract

Objective: To assess the attitudes and beliefs of faculty dermatologists regarding perceived characteristics of millennial trainees and colleagues. Participants and Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional survey of dermatology physician-educators listed in the Fellowship and Residency Electronic Interactive Database from August 1, 2019, to October 31, 2019. This survey consisted of 26 items (5-point Likert scales) representing positive, negative, and neutral millennial stereotypes relevant to graduate medical education. Participants' responses were analyzed using the chi-squared goodness of fit test with dichotomized data. Results: Seventy-six dermatology physician-educators participated in the national survey. A statistically significant response pattern was seen in 18 of 26 (69%) tested stereotypes. Positive judgments included denial of hesitations about working with millennials (P ¼ .038) and agreement with the notions that millennials are technologically savvy (P < .001), socially just (P < .001), equally capable dermatologists as other generations (P < .001), enjoyable to work with (P < .001), easy to connect with interpersonally (P < .001), and promising future leaders of medicine (P ¼ .039). Negative judgments included perceptions of the word millennial as a pejorative (P < .001) and of millennials being relatively entitled (P < .001), overly sensitive to feedback (P < .001), less polite (P < .001), and less hard-working (P < .001) compared with prior generations. Conclusion: This study represents the first national survey of the attitudes and perspectives of dermatology physician-educators regarding perceived characteristics of millennial trainees and colleagues. Our results suggest that dermatology faculty endorse various positive, negative, and neutral stereotypes regarding Generation Y. Early recognition of implicit biases can inform curricular design and prepare educators to address generational gaps in medical education.

Feedback and Education in Dermatology Residency

“…Finally, a study was performed analyzing how prior generations of physician educators view millennial trainees. 6 Because most current dermatology residents were born between 1981 and 1996, this study seemed to pinpoint thoughts toward teaching current residents. The study found that although negative judgments such as millennial entitlement (P<.001), impoliteness (P<.001), oversensitivity (P<.001), and inferior work ethic (P<.001) reached significance, millennial ideals of social justice (P<.001) and savviness with technology (P<.001) also were notable.…”

“…Overall, millennials were thought to be good colleagues (P<.001), were equally competent to more experienced clinicians (P<.001), and would lead medicine to a good future (P=.039). 6…”

“You Are What You Eat”: Stereotype – Based Judgments of Ethnics on the Cuisines Which People Consume in Indonesia

“…According to famous journalist who introduced and found the term of 'stereotype', Walter Lippman (1992) The meaning of stereotypes is a prejudice based on judgments or assumptions based on the behavior characteristics of others. The characteristics include race, gender, ethnicity, and the communication skills of a person or social group (Ramos-Oliveira and Pankalla 2019); (Bolijn et al 2021); (Dong et al 2021); (Ezzedine and Poyrazli 2020); (Marka, LeBoeuf, and Vidal 2021). Stereotypes can be de ned as the cognitive component of prejudice, as a categorical view of a group that also includes affective-evaluative content and behavioral tendencies(Torres, Bird, and Mata-Greve 2020); (Otterbring et al 2021) ; (Yang et al 2021), moreover stereotypes are explicit and expressible social cognitions that refer to shared social knowledge in a given cultural context which could relate to stereotype-based judgments on cuisines of certain area (Naidoo, Yuhaniak, and In social psychology, a stereotype is any widely adopted notion of a particular type of individual or a particular way of behaving that is meant to represent an entire group of individuals or that behavior as a whole (Otterbring et al 2021).…”