Equity, diversity, and inclusion in the emergency medicine workforce: benefits, barriers, and strategies

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Garth.Meckler@cw.bc.ca.
² Department of Emergency Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
³ Health Economics, Policy and Law, ESHPM, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
⁴ Department of Emergency Medicine, University of British Columbia, Victoria, BC, Canada.
⁵ Department of Emergency Medicine, University of British Columbia, North Vancouver, BC, Canada.
⁶ Department of Pediatrics, BC Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Editorial

Garth D Meckler et al. CJEM. 2023 Apr.

. 2023 Apr;25(4):269-273.

doi: 10.1007/s43678-023-00451-z. Epub 2023 Jan 10.

¹ Department of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Garth.Meckler@cw.bc.ca.
² Department of Emergency Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
³ Health Economics, Policy and Law, ESHPM, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
⁴ Department of Emergency Medicine, University of British Columbia, Victoria, BC, Canada.
⁵ Department of Emergency Medicine, University of British Columbia, North Vancouver, BC, Canada.
⁶ Department of Pediatrics, BC Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

No abstract available

Keywords: Diversity; Equity; Hiring; Inclusion; Promotion; Retention.

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