Public engagement project
Microaggressions in clinical teaching areas
This comic was created to encourage open conversations about microaggressions
Active
January 2025
January 2027
This comic is designed to start conversations about microaggression by presenting four stories from staff and students from our community based on their experiences of racist microaggressions.
We hope these stories will lead to more conversations about microaggressions generally, and racist microaggressions, leading to a greater understanding of how microaggressions can detrimentally impact people.
Identifying racial microaggressions allows us to consider our own behaviour and that of others to help create a community that is fair and inclusive.
The examples illustrated in these stories have been adapted from real stories provided by staff and students at Dundee Dental Hospital and Research School.
These are an amalgamation of experiences and are not a direct representation of any individual example. Consent was obtained for the use of these stories.
Support group
Dundee Dental Hospital and Research School has established an ethnic minority support group. This group will meet 6 times per year and provide staff and students with an opportunity to talk openly in a supportive group about any concerns, issues or worries related to racism.
Links to Training Resources
NHS Education for Scotland have developed an Equality and Diversity Zone on Turas Learn with eLearning modules and other resources. Turas Learn requires registration to access, but is available to all. Recommended modules include the Cultural Humility module.
Leading to Change has developed an allyship toolkit.
CRER (Coalition for Racial Equality and Rights) are a Scottish strategic anti-racist organisation working with Public Sector organisations to tackle racism in Scotland.
Advance HE have a range of resources to help support academic institutions with equality, diversity and inclusion.
The Scottish Centre for Comics Studies has produced numerous publications including public information comics and other work in collaboration with the Dental School.
People
External team members
Clio Ding (@clio.ding) is a graduate of the Comics & Graphic Novel MLitt course from University of Dundee. Based in Singapore, Clio teaches art, draws and writes about comics when not being preoccupied with snacks and goldfish.
Kitty Guo is a Clinical Lecturer in the School of Dentistry and obtained funding from the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education to support this project.
Mohammad Islam is a Lecturer in Preclinical Sciences and the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion lead for the School of Dentistry, University of Dundee. He loves travelling and gardening.
Chris Murray is Professor of Comics Studies at the School of Humanities, Social Sciences and Law at the University of Dundee. He is the director of the Scottish Centre for Comics Studies and has written and edited several comics for research and public engagement purposes.
Golnar Nabizadeh is Senior Lecturer in English and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Lead for the School of Humanities, Social Sciences and Law at the University of Dundee.
Acknowledgements
With thanks to all those who participated in the microaggressions survey.