Dealing with Microaggressions Toward Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in Health Care

Crystal Han, MD, and Angelina Pham, MD, discuss microaggressions experienced by health care workers during COVID-19, with emphasis on the experiences of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) nurses and other health care workers.

Attendees will learn about microaggressions, how they manifest in health care settings, unique COVID-19 related stressors that exacerbate the negative impact of microaggressions on nurses and other health care workers, and strategies that nurses can utilize to manage those stressors. Microaggressions specific to the experiences of AAPI nurses and health care providers will be discussed, including the historical context in which these microaggressions emerged. Han and Pham are psychiatry residents from the University of Maryland/Sheppard Pratt. Han is a graduate of UB's Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.