From Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.
the Department of Plastic Surgery.
Plast Reconstr Surg. 2023 Oct 1;152(4):908-914. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000010302. Epub 2023 Feb 15.
An authentic, programmatic commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in plastic surgery is necessary to attract and retain a diverse workforce. Plastic surgery residency program websites and social media accounts are important sources of information about program values and culture for applicants, especially with the shift to virtual recruitment. Therefore, the authors sought to evaluate whether integrated plastic surgery residency programs address DEI through content on their websites and Instagram accounts.
Integrated plastic surgery residency programs were identified through the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education in December of 2021. The authors searched program websites and Instagram accounts for elements of DEI. The authors evaluated the impact of region, program director sex, and program director race on prevalence of DEI elements on websites using chi-square tests.
A total of 82 integrated plastic surgery residency programs were identified. Overall, 40 (48%) program websites had at least one DEI element, and 10 (12.2%) were found to have three or more DEI elements. The number of DEI elements per program website did not vary by region, program director sex, or program director ethnicity. Among programs with Instagram accounts, 49 (65.3%) posted about women; 30 (40.0%) posted about racial/ethnic minority groups; and 25 (33.3%) posted about lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, or other sexual and gender identities.
Despite widely heralded DEI efforts in plastic surgery residency recruitment, relatively few programs address DEI online. Programs looking to recruit diverse applicants could benefit from increased DEI content on their websites and social media accounts.
在整形外科学中，对多样性、公平性和包容性（DEI）的真实、有计划的承诺对于吸引和留住多元化的劳动力是必要的。整形外科学住院医师培训计划的网站和社交媒体账户是申请人了解计划价值观和文化的重要信息来源，尤其是随着虚拟招聘的转变。因此，作者试图评估综合性整形外科学住院医师培训计划是否通过其网站和 Instagram 账户上的 DEI 内容来解决 DEI 问题。
通过 2021 年 12 月的研究生医学教育认证委员会，确定了综合性整形外科学住院医师培训计划。作者搜索了项目网站和 Instagram 账户上的 DEI 元素。作者使用卡方检验评估了区域、项目主任性别和项目主任种族对网站上 DEI 元素流行程度的影响。
共确定了 82 个综合性整形外科学住院医师培训计划。总体而言，40 个（48%）项目网站至少有一个 DEI 元素，10 个（12.2%）有三个或更多 DEI 元素。每个项目网站的 DEI 元素数量与区域、项目主任性别或项目主任种族无关。在有 Instagram 账户的项目中，49 个（65.3%）发布了关于女性的内容；30 个（40.0%）发布了关于少数族裔群体的内容；25 个（33.3%）发布了关于女同性恋、男同性恋、双性恋、跨性别、酷儿或其他性和性别认同的内容。
尽管整形外科学住院医师培训计划的招聘中广泛宣传 DEI 工作，但在线上解决 DEI 问题的相对较少。那些希望招聘多元化申请人的项目可以从其网站和社交媒体账户上增加 DEI 内容中受益。
