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Is surgical workforce diversity increasing?

Dorothy A Andriole1, Donna B Jeffe, Kenneth B Schechtman

  • 1Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA.

Journal of the American College of Surgeons
|February 28, 2007
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Diversity in surgical residency is increasing but lags behind the general physician workforce. Persistent disparities in gender and race in surgical specialties may continue to impact the certified surgical workforce.

Area of Science:

  • Medical Education
  • Surgical Workforce Diversity
  • Health Equity

Background:

  • Recent increases in gender and racial diversity within the overall resident-physician workforce.
  • Need to assess if these diversity trends are reflected in core-surgical specialty resident workforces.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To determine the extent of gender and racial diversity increases in surgical residency programs.
  • To compare diversity trends in surgical residencies with the overall resident physician workforce.

Main Methods:

  • Chi-square tests for trend analyzed changes in proportions of women and African Americans in surgery residencies (1996-2004).
  • Two-tailed t-tests compared surgical residency trends with overall resident workforce trends.
  • Chi-square tests assessed current differences in workforce composition between overall and surgical specialties.

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Main Results:

  • Proportions of women increased in all seven surgical specialties studied.
  • African American proportions increased in four specialties but decreased in three.
  • Women and African Americans remain underrepresented in most board-certified surgical workforces compared to the overall physician workforce.

Conclusions:

  • Significant demographic disparities persist between surgical residents and the general resident physician workforce.
  • These ongoing disparities are likely to perpetuate inequalities in the board-certified surgical workforce.