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  • Medical Education
  • Surgical Specialties
  • Health Equity

Background:

  • Workforce disparities in medicine are well-documented.
  • Early medical school exposures significantly influence career choices.
  • Gender and racial disparities in urology exposure are hypothesized.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate gender and racial/ethnic disparities in early medical school exposures to urology.
  • To identify differences in clinical and research exposure timing.

Main Methods:

  • Surveyed urology residency applicants (2016-2017).
  • Collected demographics and types of urology exposures.
  • Defined early exposure as pre-3rd year of medical school.
  • Compared exposures by gender and underrepresented minority status.

Main Results:

  • 71 applicants completed the survey (98.6% response rate).
  • Fewer female applicants had early urology exposure (discovery, shadowing, operating, research) compared to males.
  • Fewer underrepresented minority applicants had early shadowing experience.
  • No other significant differences found in other exposure types.

Conclusions:

  • Disparities in early urology exposure, especially research, exist by gender.
  • Less pronounced disparities were observed among underrepresented minority applicants.
  • Findings suggest systemic bias and targets for early medical school interventions.