Martinez Claudia I, Sanchez Ashley N, Frontera Joel, Lee Michael Y, Escalon Miguel X, Verduzco-Gutierrez Monica
From the Departments of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (CIM, JF) and Internal Medicine (ANS), McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas; H. Ben Taub Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas (MYL); Department of Rehabilitation and Human Performance, The Mount Sinai Hospital/Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York (MXE); and Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Long School of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas (MV-G).
Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2023 Mar 1;102(3):254-260. doi: 10.1097/PHM.0000000000002139. Epub 2022 Nov 1.
This study aimed to report the training characteristics, academic accomplishments, and motivation of current US academic physical medicine and rehabilitation program directors.A 22-question survey was developed and disseminated via email in May 2020 to 91 current residency program directors who are members of the Association of Academic Physiatrists Residency Fellowship Program Director Committee. Follow-up emails were sent 2 and 4 wks after initial distribution, and the survey was closed after 6 wks in June 2020. Data collected were deidentified. Descriptive analysis was performed.Response rate was 49.5% (45/91); 64.4% of program directors were men, and 35.6% were women. Of the respondents, 75.4% were White/Caucasian, 6.7% were Hispanic/Latinx, 15.6% were Asian, and 2.2% were Black/African American. Moreover, 56% (9/16) of female program directors vs. 0% (0/29) of male program directors reported experiencing sex discrimination in the workplace.Four percent of program directors were full professors in physical medicine and rehabilitation when first appointed, 17% were associate professors, and 72% were assistant professors. Thirty-four percent of program directors had at least six peer-reviewed publications when first appointed.This survey provides insight to the training characteristics, accomplishments, and motivation of current program directors for physiatrists aspiring to enter these ranks and highlights the underrepresentation of women/minorities among leadership positions in physical medicine and rehabilitation.
本研究旨在报告当前美国学术性物理医学与康复项目主任的培训特点、学术成就及动机。2020年5月，通过电子邮件向91位现任住院医师项目主任发放了一份包含22个问题的调查问卷，这些主任均为学术物理治疗师住院医师培训项目主任委员会的成员。在首次发放问卷2周和4周后分别发送了跟进邮件，该调查于2020年6月6周后结束。所收集的数据进行了去识别化处理。进行了描述性分析。回复率为49.5%（45/91）；64.4%的项目主任为男性，35.6%为女性。在受访者中，75.4%为白人/高加索人，6.7%为西班牙裔/拉丁裔，15.6%为亚洲人，2.2%为黑人/非裔美国人。此外，56%（9/16）的女性项目主任表示在工作场所曾遭受性别歧视，而男性项目主任的这一比例为0%（0/29）。4%的项目主任在首次被任命时为物理医学与康复领域的正教授，17%为副教授，72%为助理教授。34%的项目主任在首次被任命时至少有6篇经同行评审的出版物。这项调查为有志进入这些行列的物理治疗师的现任项目主任的培训特点、成就及动机提供了见解，并凸显了女性/少数族裔在物理医学与康复领导职位中代表性不足的问题。
