Racial and Ethnic Diversity Within U.S. Residencies: Trends from 2011 to 2019
Ugochi T Aguwa1, Chibuzo J Aguwa2, Gabriel I Onor3
1Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
Objective:
Examine trends in the proportion of underrepresented minority (URM) residents from 2011 to 2019 across all specialties and investigate differences between surgical and non-surgical specialties.
Design:
Cross-sectional study.
Setting:
N/A.
Participants:
The authors extracted data on the proportion of URM residents in all specialties from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education yearly reports.
Results:
There was a statistically significant decline in the proportion of URM residents in surgical specialties (p < 0.01) from 2011 (9.9%) to 2019 (9.1%) and a significant increase in the proportion of URM residents in non-surgical specialties (p < 0.01) from 2011 (9.6%) to 2019 (10.2%).
Conclusions:
This study emphasizes the need to increase recruitment of URMs in medicine, especially in surgical specialties. Findings from this study can inform much-needed initiatives to address barriers to entry for diverse applicants within specialties that lack diversity and have shown minimal improvement over time.
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