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Shayom Debopadhaya1, Christopher Saker, Maike van Niekerk
1From the Albany Medical College, Albany, NY (Debopadhaya), the Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA (Saker), the Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA (van Niekerk), the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC (Agarwal), the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC (Zhao), the University of Missouri Kansas City, Kansas City, MO (Amin), the Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA (Bonaddio), the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC (Bracey), the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL (Cho), the New York Presbyterian/Columbia University, New York, NY (Czerwonka), the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI (Dawes), the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC (Gu) Cooper Medical School of Rowan UniversityCamden, NJ (Hughes), the Atrium Health Musculoskeletal Institute, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Charlotte, NC (Kammire), the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL (Phillips), the George Washington University Hospital, Washington, DC (Ranson), the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH (Stach), the University of North Carolina, Department of Orthopaedics, Novant Health Orthopaedic Fracture Clinic, Chapel Hill, NC (Cannada), the Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA (Shea), and the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL (Mulcahey).
A virtual Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) summit effectively reached underrepresented in medicine (URiM) students, boosting their knowledge of DEIA resources and improving perceptions of diversity in orthopaedic surgery.
Area of Science:
- Orthopaedic Surgery
- Medical Education
- Diversity and Inclusion
Background:
- Orthopaedic surgery has low representation of women and underrepresented in medicine (URiM) individuals, potentially due to resource limitations and stereotypes.
- Existing diversity initiatives are not well-integrated into medical curricula, limiting student exposure.
Purpose of the Study:
- To assess a virtual Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) summit's effectiveness in reaching URiM medical students.
- To evaluate the summit's impact on students' knowledge of DEIA resources.
- To measure changes in students' perceptions of diversity within orthopaedic surgery.
Main Methods:
- A 1-day virtual DEIA summit was conducted in October 2023.
- The summit featured panel discussions and breakout rooms with leaders from diversity-focused orthopaedic organizations.
- Pre- and postsummit surveys were administered to evaluate the summit's goals.
Main Results:
- The summit reached 196 medical students, with 41.7% identifying as URiM and 63.0% as female.
- Post-summit, knowledge of diversity opportunities increased significantly (3.3% to 40%, P < 0.001).
- Perceptions of welcome in orthopaedics quadrupled (16.7% to 63.3%, P < 0.001), and likelihood to recommend the field to URiM students increased by 58.6% (P < 0.001).
Conclusions:
- Virtual summits are effective tools for engaging URiM medical students.
- These summits can successfully increase awareness of DEIA resources.
- Virtual platforms can positively influence perceptions of diversity in orthopaedic surgery.
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