Towards addressing the awarding gap-Using critical race theory to contextualise the role of intersectionality in Black pharmacy student attainment.
Andrew MawdsleyEsnath MagolaSarah C WillisPublished in: Medical education (2024)
This is the first study to consider the intersectionality of Black pharmacy students in relation to academic awarding gaps and has found that oppressive educational structures marginalise and other Black experience. Black students experience the curriculum as a place where their social and cultural capital is undervalued, and as a White space where they lack the artefacts to succeed, leading to peripheral participation and detachment. The approach used in this study can be adopted across medical and health education as a means to problematise racial inequality through the exemplar of White:Black awarding gaps.