Underrepresentation of Women and Minorities in the United States IR Academic Physician Workforce
| Autor: | Stefan Both, Christina H. Chapman, Charles R. Thomas, Wei-Ting Hwang, Chase E. Richard, Curtiland Deville, Angelique Laporte, Mikhail C.S.S. Higgins |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Faculty Medical Population Radiology Interventional Subspecialty 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging Physicians Women 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Cultural diversity Health care medicine Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Registries Sex Distribution education Minority Groups education.field_of_study Career Choice medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Interventional radiology Cultural Diversity Hispanic or Latino Vascular surgery United States Black or African American Pediatric Radiology 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Family medicine Workforce Female Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business Specialization Women Working |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology. 27:1837-1844.e2 |
| ISSN: | 1051-0443 |
| Popis: | To assess the United States interventional radiology (IR) academic physician workforce diversity and comparative specialties.Public registries were used to assess demographic differences among 2012 IR faculty and fellows, diagnostic radiology (DR) faculty and residents, DR subspecialty fellows (pediatric, abdominal, neuroradiology, and musculoskeletal), vascular surgery and interventional cardiology trainees, and 2010 US medical school graduates and US Census using binomial tests with .001 significance level (Bonferroni adjustment for multiple comparisons). Significant trends in IR physician representation were evaluated from 1992 to 2012.Women (15.4%), blacks (2.0%), and Hispanics (6.2%) were significantly underrepresented as IR fellows compared with the US population. Women were underrepresented as IR (7.3%) versus DR (27.8%) faculty and IR fellows (15.4%) versus medical school graduates (48.3%), DR residents (27.8%), pediatric radiology fellows (49.4%), and vascular surgery trainees (27.7%) (all P.001). IR ranked last in female representation among radiologic subspecialty fellows. Blacks (1.8%, 2.1%, respectively, for IR faculty and fellows); Hispanics (1.8%, 6.2%); and combined American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (1.8%, 0) showed no significant differences in representation as IR fellows compared with IR faculty, DR residents, other DR fellows, or interventional cardiology or vascular surgery trainees. Over 20 years, there was no significant increase in female or black representation as IR fellows or faculty.Women, blacks, and Hispanics are underrepresented in the IR academic physician workforce relative to the US population. Given prevalent health care disparities and an increasingly diverse society, research and training efforts should address IR physician workforce diversity. |
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