Current Status of Diversity by Race, Hispanic Ethnicity, and Sex in Diagnostic Radiology

Chapman, Christina H.; Hwang, Wei–Ting; Both, Stefan; Thomas, Charles R.; Deville, Curtiland

doi:10.1148/radiol.13130101

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Section: The Problem: Too Few Female Role Models In Radiologymentioning

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“…Over the last four decades, the percentage of female radiologists in the United States has held steady in the low to mid-20s [2,3,4,5]. Many studies have been conducted in recent years to better understand the forces behind the apparent gendering of certain medical specialties, a term which reflects the overwhelming predominance of women in some specialties such as pediatrics and obstetrics-gynecology and men in others such as radiology and orthopedic surgery [6,7,8].…”

Section: The Problem: Too Few Female Role Models In Radiologymentioning

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“…(1) to provide valuable mentorship and networking resources for women associated with the department of radiology, including medical students, residents, fellows, faculty, and alumni; (2) to enable the development of skills essential for success in medicine today, including leadership, research, business, negotiation, networking, and work-life balance; and (3) to work toward improving the gender gap within radiology by providing successful female role models to mentor and educate medical students regarding potential careers in radiology.…”

Section: What Was Done: a Mentorship And Networking Group For Womenmentioning

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“…A 2014 study found that the percentages of female practicing radiologists (23.5%), academic radiology faculty (26.1%), radiology residents (27.8%), and radiology applicants (28.1%) were all substantially below the percentage of women graduating from medical school in the United States (48.3%) [2]. Additionally, of the twenty largest residency training programs in the US, radiology ranked ninth for overall size but only seventeenth for female representation [2].As the medical field has become increasingly diverse, radiology has failed to keep pace.Over the last four decades, the percentage of female radiologists in the United States has held steady in the low to mid-20s [2,3,4,5]. Many studies have been conducted in recent years to better understand the forces behind the apparent gendering of certain medical specialties, a term which reflects the overwhelming predominance of women in some specialties such as pediatrics and obstetrics-gynecology and men in others such as radiology and orthopedic surgery [6,7,8].…”

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“…vitally important to understand and improve, as diversity is believed to be a key element to improving equal access to health care in the United States [2,10,11,12].…”

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A Mentorship and Networking Group for Women in Radiology

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Journal of the American College of Radiology

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THE PROBLEM: TOO FEW FEMALE ROLE MODELS IN RADIOLOGYWomen are underrepresented in radiology [1]. A 2014 study found that the percentages of female practicing radiologists (23.5%), academic radiology faculty (26.1%), radiology residents (27.8%), and radiology applicants (28.1%) were all substantially below the percentage of women graduating from medical school in the United States (48.3%) [2]. Additionally, of the twenty largest residency training programs in the US, radiology ranked ninth for overall size but only seventeenth for female representation [2].As the medical field has become increasingly diverse, radiology has failed to keep pace.Over the last four decades, the percentage of female radiologists in the United States has held steady in the low to mid-20s [2,3,4,5]. Many studies have been conducted in recent years to better understand the forces behind the apparent gendering of certain medical specialties, a term which reflects the overwhelming predominance of women in some specialties such as pediatrics and obstetrics-gynecology and men in others such as radiology and orthopedic surgery [6,7,8].Although these studies failed to reveal conclusive evidence as to the causes, they managed to uncover potential contributing factors, such as the presence of gender bias in certain specialties, cultural differences between the sexes, and the presence or lack of identifiable role models in different fields [6,7,8,9]. The forces that produce gender disparity in medical specialties are

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Section: The Problem: Too Few Female Role Models In Radiologymentioning

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Section: The Problem: Too Few Female Role Models In Radiologymentioning

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Section: What Was Done: a Mentorship And Networking Group For Womenmentioning

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“…vitally important to understand and improve, as diversity is believed to be a key element to improving equal access to health care in the United States [2,10,11,12].…”

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A Mentorship and Networking Group for Women in Radiology

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Changes in Sex and Ethnic Diversity in Dermatology Residents Over Multiple Decades

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Increased ethnic diversity of physicians is associated with increased access to health care for underserved communities, better anticipation of patient needs, and acceleration of medical research. 1 Similarly, sex concordance between physicians and patients can improve communication and patient satisfaction. 2 Although sex and ethnic diversity of US physicians have both increased over the past several decades, not all clinical specialties have been impacted equally. To better characterize the dermatology field's evolution during this time period, we analyzed sex and ethnicity trends among dermatology residents and compared them with other specialties and medical school graduates over multiple decades. Methods | Thirty-six years of self-reported ethnicity and 19 years of self-reported sex composition data of American College of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)-registered dermatology, internal medicine, emergency medicine, obstetrics/ gynecology, ophthalmology, general surgery, and orthopedic surgery residents were obtained from the National Graduate Medical Education Census. 3 Similar ethnic and sex composition data of graduating medical school classes were obtained from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Data Book. 4 Ethnic groups were defined as white, Asian, African American, Hispanic, or other. Respondents could choose more than 1 category. The categories for sex were male or female. Changes in sex and ethnic compositions were analyzed across the periods for which data were available. Institutional review board approval was waived by the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, because only publicly accessible data was used. Using Stata 14 statistical software (StataCorp), specialtyspecific logistic regression models were constructed to evaluate the proportion of residents across ethnicity and sex groups over time. Demographic differences over time between specialties were evaluated with the likelihood ratio test. To assess recent differences between specialties in sex and ethnic compositions, data from 2011 to 2013 were averaged and binomial proportions were compared using a 2-sample z test. All 2-sided P values <.05 were considered statistically significant.

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Addressing Minority Representation in Dermatology

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Loss

et al. 2017

JAMA Dermatol

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Current Status of Diversity by Race, Hispanic Ethnicity, and Sex in Diagnostic Radiology

Cited by 141 publications

References 35 publications

A Mentorship and Networking Group for Women in Radiology

A Mentorship and Networking Group for Women in Radiology

Changes in Sex and Ethnic Diversity in Dermatology Residents Over Multiple Decades

Addressing Minority Representation in Dermatology

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