Microaggressions and thwarted belongingness can negatively affect one's well-being and academic achievement. This study explored the impact of microaggression and belongingness for Underrepresented in Medicine (URiM) Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) students during graduate-level education. Participants in Cycle 1 consisted of students enrolled in…

The physical therapy profession needs to increase the number of minority providers to meet the needs of an increasingly diverse U.S. population effectively. However, neither the student body nor faculty demographic adequately reflects the population, leading to the problem of practice: the underrepresentation of racial and ethnic minority faculty…