Nishtar Medical College and Hospital, Multan, Pakistan.
Kansas University Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA.
Acad Psychiatry. 2020 Jun;44(3):260-266. doi: 10.1007/s40596-020-01192-2. Epub 2020 Mar 17.
The gender and racial underrepresentation persist in academic psychiatry faculty appointments. Our study investigated the gender and racial distribution and its temporal trends in academic psychiatry faculty positions across the USA over a 12-year period.
Using the annual reports of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), a retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted. Simple descriptive statistics analyzed the time trends and the distribution of gender and race across academic ranks, tenure, and degree types.
Over the 12-year study period, the White race was the most represented at each rank. In the lower academic ranks, there was an increased representation of Asians, while the minority race/ethnicities experienced minimal increment. Similarly, males were overrepresented at higher academic ranks, with females increasing in proportion at lower academic ranks.
Females and minorities remain underrepresented in academic psychiatry faculty positions, especially among senior academic and leadership positions. Differences in tenure tracks and degree types may contribute to the overrepresentation of White and male academic physicians.
在学术精神病学教师任命中，仍然存在性别和种族代表性不足的问题。我们的研究调查了美国学术精神病学教师职位在 12 年期间的性别和种族分布及其时间趋势。
使用美国医学协会（AAMC）的年度报告，进行了一项回顾性的横断面研究。简单的描述性统计分析了性别和种族在学术职称、任期和学位类型上的时间趋势和分布。
在 12 年的研究期间，白种人在每个职称中都有最多的代表。在较低的学术职称中，亚洲人的代表比例增加，而少数族裔/族裔的代表比例增加很少。同样，男性在较高的学术职称中占优势，而女性在较低的学术职称中的比例增加。
女性和少数族裔在学术精神病学教师职位中仍然代表性不足，尤其是在高级学术和领导职位中。任期轨道和学位类型的差异可能导致白人男性学术医生的过度代表。
