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The contribution of undergraduate medical education dress codes to systemic discrimination: A critical policy analysis.

Shannon M RuzyckiOluwatomilayo DaoduSantanna HernandezKirstie C Lithgow
Published in: Medical education (2022)
Canadian undergraduate medical school dress code policies overregulate women and gender, racially and culturally diverse students by explicitly and implicitly enforcing white patriarchal social norms. Administrators should apply best practices to these policies to avoid discrimination and a hostile culture to marginalised groups.
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