美国五个地理区域的心血管学术奖学金的多样性差异
Makenzie Dye1, Azl Saeed1, Trang Q Nguyen1
1College of Medicine, Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, Fairborn, USA.
Cureus
|September 28, 2023
概括
美国心血管学术奖学金仍然存在区域差异,女性,骨科医生 (DO) 和非美国毕业生在所有调查地区都代表性不足. 这些发现强调了需要有针对性的举措,以实现心脏病培训计划的更多多样性和公平性.
科学领域:
- 心脏病学奖学金多样性 多样性
- 医疗教育差异差异的差异
- 医生劳动力代表 医生劳动力代表
背景情况:
- 多样性和包容性在心血管学术奖学金中至关重要,以满足各种患者需求.
- 奖学金计划中持续存在的区域差异阻碍了建立具有代表性的医疗劳动力.
- 了解这些差异是改善公平获得心脏病培训的关键.
研究的目的:
- 分析美国心血管学术奖学金计划多样性的区域差异.
- 根据性别,博士学位指定 (MD与DO) 和研究生来源 (美国与非美国) 来评估代表性.
- 确定在关键人口群体中代表性不足的特定地区.
主要方法:
- 利用了来自Fellowship和Residency电子数据库访问 (FREIDA) 系统的2022-2023学年入学数据.
- 在美国五个地区 (中西部,东北,东南,西南,西部) 进行性别比较,MD/DO称号和美国/非美国毕业生身份.
- 使用统计分析 (p<0.05) 和威尔逊分数来确定信任区间的显著性.
主要成果:
- 在所有分析的背景因素中发现了显著的区域差异 (p<0.001).
- 在所有五个地区,女性,骨科医生 (DO) 和非美国毕业生总是代表性不足.
- 具体的代表性不足数据为每个地区提供,突出显示每个群体的不同程度的差异.
结论:
- 这项研究证实了心血管学术奖学金多样性的重大区域差异,涉及女性,医生和非美国毕业生.
- 目前的多样性目标尚未实现,需要针对性干预和倡议,以提供公平的申请机会.
- 解决这些差异将使奖学金计划能够更好地反映多样化的患者群体,提高医疗保健的包容性和结果.
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