Cincinnati Research on Education in Surgical Training (CREST), Cincinnati, OH, USA; University of Cincinnati, Department of Surgery, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
Cincinnati Research on Education in Surgical Training (CREST), Cincinnati, OH, USA; University of Cincinnati, Department of Surgery, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
Am J Surg. 2021 Feb;221(2):363-368. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2020.11.046. Epub 2020 Nov 25.
Diversity in surgery has been shown to improve mentorship and patient care. Diversity has improved among general surgery (GS) trainees but is not the case for departmental leadership. We analyzed the race and gender distributions across leadership positions at academic GS programs.
Academic GS programs (n = 118) listed by the Fellowship and Residency Electronic Interactive Database Access system were included. Leadership positions were ascertained from department websites. Gender and race were determined through publicly provided data.
Ninety-two (79.3%) department chairs were white and 99 (85.3%) were men. Additionally, 88 (74.6%) program directors and 34 (77.3%) vice-chairs of education were men. A higher proportion of associate program directors were women (38.5%). Of 787 division-chiefs, 73.4% were white. Only trauma had >10% representation from minority surgeons. Women represented >10% of division chiefs in colorectal, thoracic, pediatric, and plastic/burn surgery.
Diversity among GS trainees is not yet reflected in departmental leadership. Effort is needed to improve disparities in representation across leadership roles.
手术中的多样性已被证明可以改善指导和患者护理。普通外科（GS）培训生的多样性有所提高，但部门领导层并非如此。我们分析了学术 GS 项目领导层职位的种族和性别分布。
纳入了 Fellowship and Residency Electronic Interactive Database Access 系统列出的 118 个学术 GS 项目。领导职位是从系网站确定的。性别和种族是通过公开提供的数据确定的。
92 名（79.3%）系主任是白人，99 名（85.3%）是男性。此外，88 名（74.6%）项目主任和 34 名（77.3%）教育副主席是男性。更多的副主任是女性（38.5%）。在 787 名科室主任中，73.4%是白人。只有创伤外科有超过 10%的少数族裔外科医生代表。在结直肠、胸科、儿科和整形/烧伤外科，女性占科室主任的比例超过 10%。
GS 培训生中的多样性尚未反映在部门领导层中。需要努力减少领导角色代表人数的差距。
