Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, UK.
Department of Sociology, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA.
Int J Med Educ. 2021 May 27;12:94-100. doi: 10.5116/ijme.609d.4db0.
To explore potential disparities in representation of Racially Minoritised (RM) persons and women in leadership roles in London Medical Schools compared to their RM and female student populations.
General Medical Council's Medical School Annual Return 2017-18 data and official leadership team webpages were used to determine percentages of RM and female students and percentages of RM and women leaders in London medical schools. Student and leadership team percentages were then compared using chi-squared tests to assess statistically significant differences.
The percentage of RM persons filling leadership roles in London medical schools combined was statistically significantly less than the percentage of RM persons that compose the combined student body (8.6% (N=81) versus 60.2% (N=8786, χ(1, N=8,867)=88.83, p<0.001). There was no statistically significant difference between the percentage of women filling leadership roles and the percentage of women in the combined student body (43.4% (N = 83) versus 52.5% (N=9026, χ(1, N=9,109) =2.85, p=0.0913).
Results mirror the underrepresentation of RM persons in leadership positions throughout the National Health Service (NHS) and in higher education but reflect the improved representation of women in leadership positions seen at the NHS board level. Greater effort is necessary to rectify RM representation within London medical school leadership teams. This is especially imperative given that racially similar role models for RM students are an important predictor in determining academic and future success.
探讨伦敦医学院中少数族裔（RM）和女性在领导层中的代表性与他们的 RM 和女性学生群体相比存在的潜在差异。
使用 2017-18 年英国医学总会医学学校年度报告数据和官方领导团队网页，确定伦敦医学院 RM 和女性学生的比例，以及 RM 和女性领导的比例。然后使用卡方检验比较学生和领导团队的百分比，以评估统计学上的显著差异。
伦敦医学院 RM 人员担任领导职务的比例明显低于 RM 人员组成的学生总数的比例（8.6%（N=81）与 60.2%（N=8786，χ(1, N=8,867)=88.83，p<0.001）。担任领导职务的女性比例与女性学生总数的比例之间没有统计学上的显著差异（43.4%（N=83）与 52.5%（N=9026，χ(1, N=9,109)=2.85，p=0.0913）。
结果反映了 RM 人员在整个国民保健服务（NHS）和高等教育中的领导职位代表性不足的情况，但反映了 NHS 董事会层面领导职位中女性代表性的改善。需要做出更大的努力来纠正伦敦医学院领导团队中 RM 的代表性。这在 RM 学生的种族相似的榜样对于决定学术和未来成功是一个重要的预测因素的情况下尤为重要。
