Quantifying the Pipeline of Ethnically Underrepresented in Medicine Physicians in Academic Plastic Surgery Leadership
| Autor: | Carolyn Delacruz, Phoebe Lee, Wendy Chen, Kovid Bhayana, Elizabeth A Moroni, Jennifer A. Hall, Paris D. Butler |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Surgeons
medicine.medical_specialty Medical education Faculty Medical business.industry education MEDLINE Internship and Residency Census medicine.disease United States Plastic surgery Leadership Health care medicine Humans Surgery Attrition Surgery Plastic business Inclusion (education) Schools Medical Graduation Diversity (business) |
| Zdroj: | Annals of plastic surgery. 87(4) |
| ISSN: | 1536-3708 |
| Popis: | BACKGROUND The lack of underrepresented in medicine (UIM) physicians in academic plastic surgery is emerging as a critical issue. Lack of diversity has a negative effect on patient care and on the culture of our health care system. This study reports the current status of ethnically UIM physicians in the plastic surgery pipeline, starting from the medical student level and progressing to national leadership positions. METHODS The Electronic Residency Applications Service, National Resident Matching Program, Association of American Medical Colleges, and professional Web sites for journals and national societies were accessed for racial demographic information from 2008 to 2019. RESULTS Over the past decade, there has been no change or a slight decrease in representation of Blacks among plastic surgery residency applicants, trainees, and academic faculty, at half or less than expected, compared with US Census data. The first point of drop-off occurs at the resident (3.8% of integrated and 5.6% of independent residents) to faculty level ( |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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