Wu Jashin J, Davis Kristy F, Ramirez Claudia C, Alonso Carol A, Berman Brian, Tyring Stephen K
Department of Dermatology, Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Dermatol Online J. 2009 May 15;15(5):2.
It is well known that there is a growing shortage of academic dermatologists in the U.S. The number of graduates of foreign dermatology residencies (GFDR) and graduates of military dermatology residencies (GMDR) who take full-time academic dermatology positions are currently unknown. It is likely that a higher proportion of GFDRs and GMDRs are more likely to enter academics and practice medical dermatology. The percentage of women in academic dermatology has not been reported since 1994.
To determine the total number of GFDRs, GMDRs, and women who are full-time faculty members at U.S. dermatology residency programs.
The educational background of all full-time faculty members of the 107 U.S. dermatology residency programs that were active as of December 2004 were determined through extensive Internet searches, telephone, and email correspondences with residency coordinators and faculty members. Pure PhDs, physicians who did not complete a dermatology residency program at an allopathic school, PharmDs, DDSs, and FNPs were excluded. The University of Puerto Rico was not considered a foreign residency program.
As of December 2004, there were 988 full-time dermatology faculty members in the US, 813 of which met our inclusion criteria. There were 30 GFDRs, accounting for 3.7 percent of full-time academic dermatologists. There were 29 GMDRs, accounting for 3.6 percent of all full-time academic dermatologists. Women accounted for 44.42 percent of academic dermatologists and 15.9 percent (14/107) of dermatology chairs/chiefs.
GFDRs, GMDRs, and women comprise important proportions of full-time faculty members at U.S. dermatology residency programs.
众所周知，美国学术性皮肤科医生的短缺情况日益严重。目前尚不清楚完成国外皮肤科住院医师培训的毕业生（GFDR）和完成军队皮肤科住院医师培训的毕业生（GMDR）中担任全职学术性皮肤科职位的人数。GFDR和GMDR进入学术界并从事医学皮肤科工作的比例可能更高。自1994年以来，学术性皮肤科领域女性的比例尚未有报道。
确定在美国皮肤科住院医师培训项目中担任全职教员的GFDR、GMDR和女性的总数。
通过广泛的互联网搜索、电话以及与住院医师培训协调员和教员的电子邮件通信，确定截至2004年12月活跃的107个美国皮肤科住院医师培训项目中所有全职教员的教育背景。排除纯博士、未在opathic医学院完成皮肤科住院医师培训项目的医生、药学博士、牙科博士和家庭护理执业医师。波多黎各大学不被视为国外住院医师培训项目。
截至2004年12月，美国有988名全职皮肤科教员，其中813名符合我们的纳入标准。有30名GFDR，占全职学术性皮肤科医生的3.7%。有29名GMDR，占所有全职学术性皮肤科医生的3.6%。女性占学术性皮肤科医生的44.42%，占皮肤科主任/负责人的15.9%（14/107）。
GFDR、GMDR和女性在美国皮肤科住院医师培训项目的全职教员中占重要比例。
