Quang-Tuyen Nguyen, Victoria Cabal, Michelle Debbink, David Acosta, Valerie J Flattes, Donna Baluchi, Natasha Ovuoba, Paloma F Cariello, Bart T Watts, Erin R Clouse, Heather Nyman, Eliza Taylor, Line Kemeyou, Julie E Lucero, Judy C Washington, Edgar Figueroa, Kendall M Campbell, Abdulkhaliq Barbaar, Stacy A Ogbeide, José E Rodríguez
Academic medicine, and medicine in general, are less diverse than the general patient population. Family Medicine, while still lagging behind the general population, has the most diversity in leadership and in the specialty in general, and continues to lead in this effort, with 16.7% of chairs identifying as underrepresented in medicine. Historical and current systematic marginalization of Black or African American, Latina/e/o/x, Hispanic or of Spanish Origin (LHS), American Indian/Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, and Southeast Asian individuals has created severe underrepresentation within health sciences professions...
April 4, 2024: Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities