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. 2022 May-Jun;79(3):587-594.
doi: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2022.01.005. Epub 2022 Feb 11.

Racial and Ethnic Diversity Within U.S. Residencies: Trends from 2011 to 2019

Ugochi T Aguwa  1 , Chibuzo J Aguwa  2 , Gabriel I Onor  3 , Divya Srikumaran  4 , Joseph Canner  5 , O'Rese J Knight  6 , Laura K Green  7 , Fasika Woreta  8
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Racial and Ethnic Diversity Within U.S. Residencies: Trends from 2011 to 2019

Ugochi T Aguwa et al. J Surg Educ. 2022 May-Jun.

Abstract

Objective: Examine trends in the proportion of underrepresented minority (URM) residents from 2011 to 2019 across all specialties and investigate differences between surgical and non-surgical specialties.

Design: Cross-sectional study.

Setting: N/A.

Participants: The authors extracted data on the proportion of URM residents in all specialties from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education yearly reports.

Results: There was a statistically significant decline in the proportion of URM residents in surgical specialties (p < 0.01) from 2011 (9.9%) to 2019 (9.1%) and a significant increase in the proportion of URM residents in non-surgical specialties (p < 0.01) from 2011 (9.6%) to 2019 (10.2%).

Conclusions: This study emphasizes the need to increase recruitment of URMs in medicine, especially in surgical specialties. Findings from this study can inform much-needed initiatives to address barriers to entry for diverse applicants within specialties that lack diversity and have shown minimal improvement over time.

Keywords: Diversity; race; residency; underrepresented minority.

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