Diversity Matters: A 21-Year Review of Trends in Resident Recruitment into Surgical Specialties.

Publication/Presentation Date

12-1-2021

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Diversity within the healthcare workforce is essential to improve quality of care, although evaluation of diversity within surgical training remains limited. This study analyzed diversity in recruitment of residents into surgical subspecialties at a large academic medical institution and national trends.

METHODS: A 21-year cross-sectional study of medical school graduates accepted into all surgical subspecialty training programs was performed. The institutional cohort was divided into two groups (1997-2006, 2007-2017). Subspecialty acceptance rates were determined between 2011 and 2018. Data on candidate demographics including gender, race, ethnicity, citizenship, and origin of medical education at a single institution and nationally were extracted.

RESULTS: Two thousand found hundred seventy-two residents were included in this study. From 1997 to 2018, female acceptances increased from 21.1% to 29.7% (

CONCLUSION: Diversity in surgical training has modestly progressed over the last two decades, but the degree of positive change has not been universal and highlights the critical need for improvement and action. Continued institution driven and collaborative strategies are essential to promote diversity in recruitment across all surgical specialties that has implications on our future workforce and surgical leadership.

Volume

2

Issue

4

First Page

100

Last Page

100

ISSN

2691-3593

Disciplines

Anesthesiology | Medicine and Health Sciences

PubMedID

37637873

Department(s)

Department of Anesthesiology

Document Type

Article

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