McClelland Shearwood, Woodhouse Kristina D, Jaboin Jerry J, Zellars Richard C
Department of Radiation Oncology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, United States.
Department of Radiation Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, United States.
Rep Pract Oncol Radiother. 2019 May-Jun;24(3):284-287. doi: 10.1016/j.rpor.2019.03.003. Epub 2019 Apr 5.
Among the most competitive medical subspecialties, representation of underrepresented minorities (African-American race and/or Hispanic ethnicity) among resident trainees has historically been low compared to their United States Census general population representation. Research productivity and dual degree status may impact residency applicant competitiveness. To date, such an analysis has yet to be performed in Radiation Oncology.
A list of radiation oncology residents from the graduating class of 2022 was obtained through internet searches. Demographics included were gender and dual degree status. Research productivity was calculated using the number of pre-residency peer-reviewed publications (PRP). Fisher's exact test was used for statistical analysis.
Of the 179 residents evaluated from the 2022 class, eleven (6.1%) were underrepresented minorities. Compared to the remainder of the class, underrepresented minorities had a lower proportion of men (63.6% versus 69.3%), a higher proportion of dual degrees (45.5% versus 28.6%), and a lower proportion of MD-PhD degrees (9.1% versus 17.2%). Underrepresented minorities had a higher proportion of residents with at least two PRP (72.7% versus 57.1%) and a lower proportion of residents with no PRP (18.2% versus 24.4%). None of these differences reached statistical significance ( > 0.05).
Underrepresented minorities were comparable to the remainder of their Radiation Oncology resident class regarding gender distribution, dual degrees status, and likelihood of having at least two peer-reviewed publications cited in PubMed during the calendar year of residency application. Further studies will be needed to determine how these findings translate into future scholarly activity and post-graduate career choice.
在竞争最为激烈的医学亚专业中，与美国人口普查中的总体人口比例相比，历史上住院医师培训学员中代表性不足的少数族裔（非裔美国人种族和/或西班牙裔族裔）的比例一直较低。研究生产力和双学位状态可能会影响住院医师申请人的竞争力。迄今为止，放射肿瘤学领域尚未进行过此类分析。
通过互联网搜索获得了2022届毕业的放射肿瘤学住院医师名单。纳入的人口统计学数据包括性别和双学位状态。研究生产力通过住院前同行评审出版物（PRP）的数量来计算。采用Fisher精确检验进行统计分析。
在对2022届的179名住院医师进行评估中，11名（6.1%）为代表性不足的少数族裔。与班级中的其他学员相比，代表性不足的少数族裔男性比例较低（63.6%对69.3%），双学位比例较高（45.5%对28.6%），医学博士-哲学博士学位比例较低（9.1%对17.2%）。代表性不足的少数族裔中至少有两篇PRP的住院医师比例较高（72.7%对57.1%），没有PRP的住院医师比例较低（18.2%对24.4%）。这些差异均未达到统计学显著性（P>0.05）。
在住院医师申请当年的性别分布、双学位状态以及在PubMed中被引用的至少两篇同行评审出版物的可能性方面，代表性不足的少数族裔与放射肿瘤学住院医师班级中的其他学员相当。需要进一步的研究来确定这些发现如何转化为未来的学术活动和研究生职业选择。
