Mortman Ryan, Frazier Harold A, Haywood Yolanda C
All authors are with the George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences.
is a Medical Student.
J Grad Med Educ. 2021 Jun;13(3):345-348. doi: 10.4300/JGME-D-20-00905.1. Epub 2021 Apr 29.
Increasing diversity in medicine is receiving more attention, yet underrepresented in medicine (UiM) surgeons remain a small fraction of all surgeons. Whether surgical training programs attempt to attract UiM applicants to their programs, and therefore their specialties, through program website information is unclear.
To analyze the scope of diversity and inclusion (D&I) related information on US allopathic and osteopathic general surgery, integrated thoracic surgery, and integrated vascular surgery residency program websites.
Residency programs were identified through the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS) in July 2020. We searched surgical program websites and collected data on the presence or absence of variables labeled "diversity & inclusion" or "underrepresented in medicine." Variables found on program websites as well as sites linked to the program website were included. We excluded programs identified in ERAS as fellowship training programs. Programs without webpages were also excluded.
We identified 425 residency programs and excluded 22 from data analysis. Only 75 of the 403 included programs (18.6%) contained D&I-related information. The presence of individual variables was also low, ranging from 4.5% for opportunities related to early exposure to the specialty to 11.1% for a written or video statement of commitment to D&I.
In 2020, as recruitment and interviews moved entirely online, few US allopathic and osteopathic general surgery, integrated thoracic surgery, and integrated vascular surgery residency programs provided D&I-related information for residency applicants on their program websites.
医学领域日益增加的多样性受到了更多关注，但在医学领域中代表性不足的外科医生（UiM）在所有外科医生中所占比例仍然很小。尚不清楚外科培训项目是否试图通过项目网站信息吸引UiM申请者加入其项目，进而选择其专业。
分析美国对抗疗法和整骨疗法的普通外科、综合胸外科以及综合血管外科住院医师培训项目网站上与多样性和包容性（D&I）相关信息的范围。
2020年7月通过电子住院医师申请服务（ERAS）确定住院医师培训项目。我们搜索了外科项目网站，并收集了标有“多样性与包容性”或“医学领域代表性不足”的变量是否存在的数据。项目网站以及与项目网站链接的网站上发现的变量均包括在内。我们排除了ERAS中确定为专科培训项目的项目。没有网页的项目也被排除。
我们确定了425个住院医师培训项目，并在数据分析中排除了22个。在403个纳入项目中，只有75个（18.6%）包含与D&I相关的信息。各个变量的出现率也很低，从与早期接触该专业相关的机会的4.5%到对D&I的书面或视频承诺声明的11.1%不等。
2020年，随着招聘和面试完全转移到线上，很少有美国对抗疗法和整骨疗法的普通外科、综合胸外科以及综合血管外科住院医师培训项目在其项目网站上为住院医师申请者提供与D&I相关的信息。
