探索代表性不足:眼科住院计划中多样性陈述的作用
Mahad Rehman1, Amber Nanni1, Sruthi Suresh1
1Ophthalmology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, USA.
Cureus
|April 22, 2024
概括
眼科住院计划显示在多样性陈述中存在差距,很少有计划解决残疾人包容问题. 这种缺乏有针对性的举措可能会阻碍增加现场多样性的努力.
科学领域:
- 医学教育 医学教育
- 眼科医生 眼科 眼科
- 多样性和包容性的多样性和包容性
背景情况:
- 代表性不足的少数群体 (URM) 在眼科住院计划和实践中显著代表性不足.
- 这种差异影响了医疗领域的多样性和公平性.
- 调查项目网站上的多样性声明对于了解这个问题至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 检查眼科住院计划网站上多样性陈述的普遍性.
- 评估这些关于各种代表性不足的群体的陈述的内容.
- 探索多样性陈述与程序特征之间的相关性.
主要方法:
- 一项观察性,横截面研究分析了126个眼科住院计划网站.
- 对多样性陈述的评价包括提及种族/种族,性别,性取向和残疾.
- 统计分析,包括千平方测试,与节目大小,排名,位置和机构类型相关联的陈述存在.
主要成果:
- 只有16.7%的项目有具体的多样性声明,而91.3%的项目有机构层面的声明.
- 种族/种族是最常见的问题 (75.3%),其次是性别 (65.9%),性取向 (61.1%),残疾 (53.2%).
- 排名较高的项目更经常提及性取向和残疾;公共机构显示多样性声明的包容性更大.
结论:
- 在特定计划的多样性声明中存在一个显著的差距,特别是关于残疾人包容性的差距.
- 机构声明很常见,但需要有针对性的计划举措.
- 需要采取更全面的方法来解决眼科中代表人数不足的问题.
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