在过去的五十年里,在学术眼专家中,种族和性别的转变
Kasra Afzali1, Dylann K Fujimoto1, Seyed Omid Mohammadi1
1Department of Ophthalmology, Gavin Herbert Eye Institute, University of California, Irvine, California, United States.
Journal of current glaucoma practice
|July 24, 2023
概括
过去50年来,在学术绿眼专业的女性人数显著增加,但代表性不足的少数群体 (URM) 仍然停滞不前. 未来的努力应集中在增加URM代表在眼学术生涯中.
科学领域:
- 眼科医生 眼科 眼科
- 医学教育 医学教育
- 医疗卫生工作人员多样性多样性
背景情况:
- 玻璃眼是全球不可逆转的失明的主要原因.
- 学术医学中心在培养未来专家和推进研究方面发挥着至关重要的作用.
- 了解学术教师的人口结构对于解决劳动力需求和促进多样性至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了评估美国青光眼学术专家的人口组成.
- 分析过去五十年来性别和代表性不足的少数民族 (URM) 的代表性趋势.
- 探索这些群体在学术等级和地理区域的分布.
主要方法:
- 进行了一项回顾性观察性研究.
- 学术格劳科马专家被识别使用数据库,如Doximity和美国眼科协会目录.
- 收集和分析了包括性别,种族/民族和学术等级在内的人口统计数据.
主要成果:
- 总共有457名学术格劳科马专家被确定.
- 女性占专家的40.5%,其比例每年显著增加 (或每年1.049).
- 代表性不足的少数民族 (URM) 占专家的9.2%,随着时间的推移,比例没有显著变化. 在眼科年龄控制时,在性别或URM之间没有观察到地理分布或学术等级的显著差异.
结论:
- 虽然女性在学术绿眼的代表性大幅增长,URM的代表性在过去50年中基本保持不变.
- 显然需要优先考虑和实施战略,以加强URM在学术眼中的代表性.
- 解决这些差异对于眼科医学的未来更加多样化和公平至关重要.
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