Waverley Y He, Sai L Pinni, Alex Karius, Jonlin Chen, Wilmina N Landford, Franca Kraenzlin, Carisa M Cooney, Kristen P Broderick
BACKGROUND: Medical students applying to residency, including those from underrepresented groups, strongly value cultural fit and program diversity. Program websites and social media are thus an influential information source for prospective applicants and recruitment tool for residencies. We evaluated whether and how integrated plastic surgery residency program websites and social media display commitments to diversity online. METHODS: We evaluated program websites for 8 predetermined diversity elements, (1) nondiscrimination and (2) diversity statements, (3) community resources, (4) faculty and (5) resident biographies, (6) faculty and (7) resident photographs, and (8) resident resources, and assessed Instagram accounts for diversity-related images, captions, and hashtags...
September 11, 2023: Annals of Plastic Surgery