Shah Chaitanya, Tiwana Muhammad H, Chatterjee Shilpa, Jain Mehr, Lemanowicz Ola, Tiwana Sabeen, Fares Saleh, Siddiqi Javed, Alwazzan Ahmed B, Khosa Faisal
Radiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, CAN.
Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Western University, London, CAN.
Cureus. 2022 Apr 12;14(4):e24080. doi: 10.7759/cureus.24080. eCollection 2022 Apr.
Purpose This paper examines the changes in the representation of women and racial minorities in academic medicine, compares the proportion of minorities in medicine and the general United States (US) population, and discusses potential explanations for observed trends. Methods A retrospective cross-sectional analysis of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) database was done and used to collect data on the gender and race of physicians in academic medicine. Data was collected for instructors, assistant professors, associate professors, full professors, and chairpersons from 2007 to 2018, and trends were presented. Results White physicians represented most academic physicians at every academic level, peaking in proportion at 82.74% of chairpersons and were lowest at the level of instructor at 59.30%. A similar distribution existed when gender was compared, with men comprising 84.67% of chairpersons and forming the majority at levels of full, associate, and assistant professors. However, most physicians at the level of instructors are women at 55.44%. Conclusions Though women and racial minorities have gained greater representation in academic medicine over the past decade, high-level academic positions are not as accessible to them. Existing efforts of advocacy for women and minority races have proven fruitful over the past decade, but much more work needs to be done.
目的 本文研究了学术医学领域中女性和少数族裔代表性的变化，比较了医学领域中少数族裔与美国总体人口的比例，并讨论了观察到的趋势的潜在解释。方法 对美国医学院协会（AAMC）数据库进行回顾性横断面分析，以收集学术医学领域医生的性别和种族数据。收集了2007年至2018年讲师、助理教授、副教授、正教授和系主任的数据，并呈现了相关趋势。结果 在各个学术级别中，白人医生占大多数学术医生，在系主任级别比例最高，达82.74%，在讲师级别最低，为59.30%。比较性别时也存在类似分布，男性占系主任的84.67%，在正教授、副教授和助理教授级别中占多数。然而，在讲师级别，大多数医生是女性，占55.44%。结论 尽管在过去十年中，女性和少数族裔在学术医学领域的代表性有所提高，但他们获得高级学术职位的机会并不多。在过去十年中，现有的支持女性和少数族裔的努力已证明取得了成效，但仍有更多工作要做。
