Ethnic and Racial Diversity in Academic Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Compared with All Other Medical Specialties
| Autor: | Miguel X. Escalon, Claudia Pedroza, Ashley N. Sanchez, Claudia I. Martinez, Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez, Argyrios Stampas, Joel E. Frontera, Julie K. Silver |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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030506 rehabilitation medicine.medical_specialty education Graduate medical education Specialty MEDLINE Ethnic group Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation Odds 03 medical and health sciences Race (biology) 0302 clinical medicine Physical medicine and rehabilitation Underrepresented Minority medicine Ethnicity Humans Minority Groups business.industry Rehabilitation Internship and Residency Odds ratio Cultural Diversity Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine United States Medicine Female 0305 other medical science business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | American journal of physical medicinerehabilitation. 100(2S Suppl 1) |
| ISSN: | 1537-7385 |
| Popis: | The primary aim of this study was to compare ethnic/racial diversity in academic physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R) with all other medical specialties in academia. The secondary aim was to characterize the ethnic/racial diversity of current PM&R program directors. Self-reported ethnicity/race information was collected from the Association of American Medical Colleges and Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. Ethnicity/race was defined as white, Asian, African American, Hispanic, and other. Odds ratios (ORs) and Fisher's exact tests were used to compare ethnic/racial differences at each career level between each specialty. In 2017, in PM&R, compared with whites, there was decreased odds of African Americans by 89% (OR, 0.11), 90% for Hispanics (OR, 0.10), 62% for Asians (OR, 0.38), and 73% for other (OR, 0.27) (all P < 0.001). This disparity increased in full professors: 99% (OR, 0.01), 96% (OR, 0.04), 87% (OR, 0.13), and 90% (OR, 0.10), respectively (all P < 0.001). In 2019, most PM&R program directors identified as white (51%) compared with Hispanic (4%) and African American (2%). Overall, ethnic/racial underrepresented minorities in medicine decreased with increasing academic rank. Therefore, more robust initiatives must be implemented to improve the exposure, recruitment, and retention of ethnic/racial underrepresented minorities at all levels of PM&R academia. |
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