From the McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas (ANS, CIM, CP); Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas (AS, JF); Department of Rehabilitation, and Human Performance, The Mount Sinai Hospital/Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York (MXE); Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts (JKS); and Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Long School of Medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas (MV-G).
Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2021 Feb 1;100(2S Suppl 1):S12-S16. doi: 10.1097/PHM.0000000000001486.
The primary aim of this study was to compare ethnic/racial diversity in academic physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R) with all other medical specialties in academia. The secondary aim was to characterize the ethnic/racial diversity of current PM&R program directors. Self-reported ethnicity/race information was collected from the Association of American Medical Colleges and Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. Ethnicity/race was defined as white, Asian, African American, Hispanic, and other. Odds ratios (ORs) and Fisher's exact tests were used to compare ethnic/racial differences at each career level between each specialty. In 2017, in PM&R, compared with whites, there was decreased odds of African Americans by 89% (OR, 0.11), 90% for Hispanics (OR, 0.10), 62% for Asians (OR, 0.38), and 73% for other (OR, 0.27) (all P < 0.001). This disparity increased in full professors: 99% (OR, 0.01), 96% (OR, 0.04), 87% (OR, 0.13), and 90% (OR, 0.10), respectively (all P < 0.001). In 2019, most PM&R program directors identified as white (51%) compared with Hispanic (4%) and African American (2%). Overall, ethnic/racial underrepresented minorities in medicine decreased with increasing academic rank. Therefore, more robust initiatives must be implemented to improve the exposure, recruitment, and retention of ethnic/racial underrepresented minorities at all levels of PM&R academia.
本研究的主要目的是比较学术物理医学与康复(PM&R)与其他所有医学专业在族裔/种族多样性方面的差异。次要目的是描述当前 PM&R 项目主任的族裔/种族多样性。种族/民族信息是从美国医学协会和研究生医学教育认证委员会收集的。种族/民族被定义为白人、亚洲人、非裔美国人、西班牙裔和其他。使用优势比(OR)和 Fisher 精确检验比较每个专业在每个职业阶段的种族/民族差异。2017 年,在 PM&R 中,与白人相比,非裔美国人的几率降低了 89%(OR,0.11),西班牙裔的几率降低了 90%(OR,0.10),亚洲人的几率降低了 62%(OR,0.38),其他种族的几率降低了 73%(OR,0.27)(均 P < 0.001)。这种差异在正教授中进一步扩大:分别为 99%(OR,0.01)、96%(OR,0.04)、87%(OR,0.13)和 90%(OR,0.10)(均 P < 0.001)。2019 年,大多数 PM&R 项目主任认为自己是白人(51%),而认为自己是西班牙裔(4%)和非裔美国人(2%)。总体而言,医学领域的少数民族族裔代表人数随着学术地位的提高而减少。因此,必须实施更有力的举措,以提高少数民族族裔在 PM&R 学术界各级的曝光率、招募率和留用率。