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Review
. 2022 Jun 3;18(3):67-77.
doi: 10.14797/mdcvj.1080. eCollection 2022.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging in Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship Training

Ingabire Grace Balinda  1 , Nosheen Reza  1
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Review

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging in Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship Training

Ingabire Grace Balinda et al. Methodist Debakey Cardiovasc J. .

Abstract

Diversity in the healthcare workforce enhances access to care, reduces health disparities, and improves quality of care for underserved populations. Yet there is a paucity of women and underrepresented minority physicians in cardiology training programs, and progress toward achieving a diverse cardiology workforce has been slow. Here we review the merits of diversity in health care, the current landscape of the cardiology workforce, barriers to increasing the proportion of women and underrepresented minority cardiologists, and specific strategies that have been proposed to sustain and enhance diversity in cardiology training programs.

Keywords: cardiology; disparities; diversity; education; equity; inclusion; training.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no competing interests to declare.

Figures

Figure 1 Barriers to sustainable diversity and inclusion in CV training.
Figure 1
Barriers to sustainable diversity and inclusion in cardiovascular disease training programs. URM: underrepresented minority
Figure 2 Improving diversity, inclusion, equity, and belonging in CV fellowship training.
Figure 2
Strategies to improve and sustain diversity, inclusion, equity, and belonging in cardiovascular fellowship training. DEIB: diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging; URM: underrepresented minority; ACC: American College of Cardiology; ABC: Association of Black Cardiologists; AHA: American Heart Association
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