An advocacy film produced by Pishdaad Modaressi Chahardehi to help raise awareness of the negative impact of microaggressions on individuals from marginalised groups. In this film three students taking part in an occupational therapy placement in a hospital setting explain how microaggressions affected them. The three students featured include a neurodivergent man from a working-class background, a transgender woman, and a Muslim woman. Title: Make or Break Experiences of occupational...

An advocacy film produced by Pishdaad Modaressi Chahardehi to help raise awareness of the negative impact of microaggressions on individuals from marginalised groups. In this film three students taking part in an occupational therapy placement in a hospital setting explain how microaggressions affected them. The three students featured include a neurodivergent man from a working-class background, a transgender woman, and a Muslim woman. Title: Make or Break Experiences of occupational therapy students from marginalised groups on placement Microaggressions are comments and behaviours that reinforce stereotypes and communicates negative messages to people from marginalised groups Health students from marginalised groups experience regular Microaggressions based on aspects of their identify Cumulatively these negatively impact on learning, academic performance, sense of belonging, attendance, mental health and well-being Three occupational therapy students from marginalised groups talk about their experiences of being on placement and the negative impact their interactions with their Educators had on their mental well-being. While two of them go on to provide details on how their placement improved becoming a more positive experience leading them to progressed within the profession, the third makes the decision to leave. Over the voices of the three a montage of images featuring them at work or studying and interacting with actors playing the negative Educators and possibly other characters. Title: “educators make or break the placement” Research Participant This film is based on the experiences of 27 students who took part in research interviews, surveys and focus groups We can all raise awareness of microaggressions. What could you do? Participatory action research team Alhusna Alhinai, Aidan Clarke, Zainab Kayat, Lu Lennox, Hafsah Munir, Lorna Mundy, Kirsty Shepherd, Rob Brooks Credit: Filmmaker Pishdaad Modaressi Chahardehi End title: University of Bradford. Elizabeth Casson Trust