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. 2023 May 27;10(6):ofad289.
doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofad289. eCollection 2023 Jun.

Inclusion, Diversity, Access, and Equity in Infectious Diseases Fellowship Training: Tools for Program Directors

Vera P Luther  1 , Alice E Barsoumian  2 , Victoria J L Konold  3 , Tara Vijayan  4 , Gayle Balba  5 , Constance Benson  6 , Brian Blackburn  7 , Paloma Cariello  8 , Sarah Perloff  9 , Raymund Razonable  10 , Kartikey Acharya  11 , Marwan M Azar  12 , Nitin Bhanot  13 , Dana Blyth  14 , Saira Butt  15 , Beata Casanas  16 , Brian Chow  17 , Kerry Cleveland  18 , James B Cutrell  19 , Saumil Doshi  20 , Diana Finkel  21 , Christopher J Graber  22 , Aniruddha Hazra  23 , Natasha S Hochberg  24 , Scott H James  25 , Anna Kaltsas  26 , Rosy Priya L Kodiyanplakkal  27 , Mikyung Lee  28 , Luis Marcos  29 , Alfredo J Mena Lora  30 , Christopher C Moore  31 , Obinna Nnedu  32 , Georgina Osorio  33 , Molly L Paras  34 , Rebecca Reece  35 , Natalie Mariam Salas  36 , Kamla Sanasi-Bhola  37 , Sara Schultz  38 , Jose A Serpa  39 , Rachel Shnekendorf  40 , Scott Weisenberg  41 , Darcy Wooten  6 , Richard A Zuckerman  42 , Michael Melia  43 , Lisa M Chirch  44
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Inclusion, Diversity, Access, and Equity in Infectious Diseases Fellowship Training: Tools for Program Directors

Vera P Luther et al. Open Forum Infect Dis. .

Abstract

The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) has set clear priorities in recent years to promote inclusion, diversity, access, and equity (IDA&E) in infectious disease (ID) clinical practice, medical education, and research. The IDSA IDA&E Task Force was launched in 2018 to ensure implementation of these principles. The IDSA Training Program Directors Committee met in 2021 and discussed IDA&E best practices as they pertain to the education of ID fellows. Committee members sought to develop specific goals and strategies related to recruitment, clinical training, didactics, and faculty development. This article represents a presentation of ideas brought forth at the meeting in those spheres and is meant to serve as a reference document for ID training program directors seeking guidance in this area.

Keywords: diversity; equity; inclusion; infectious diseases fellowship; medical education.

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Conflict of interest statement

Potential conflicts of interest. All authors: No reported conflicts.

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