美国匹配眼科住院医生的当代多样性趋势
Camryn Thompson1, Pratap Challa2, Sandra S Stinnett2
1Department of Ophthalmology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA camryn.thompson@duke.edu.
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|July 2, 2025
概括
眼科的多样性较低,女性代表性稳定,少数民族居民代表性较低,但仍在增加. 需要进一步的招聘努力,以提高这一医学专业的多样性.
科学领域:
- 医学教育 医学教育
- 眼科 劳动力的多样性 眼科 劳动力的多样性
- 研究生医学教育研究生医学教育
背景情况:
- 眼科是一个医学专业,具有持续的多样性挑战.
- 目前的文献缺乏近期对眼科住院医生的人口统计分析.
- 这项研究检查了美国眼科医生居民的人口趋势.
研究的目的:
- 分析美国眼科医生当前的人口趋势.
- 为了识别随着时间的推移,种族和性别代表的变化.
- 为提高眼科多样性的战略提供信息.
主要方法:
- 美国眼科住院医生的分析,获得美国医学研究生教育认证委员会 (2008-2022) 的认证.
- 从2012-2022年分析的种族趋势;从2008-2022年分析的性别趋势.
- 对人口统计数据进行统计分析,以确定重要趋势.
主要成果:
- 从2008年到2022年,女性居民占稳定的41%至41.8% (相对于54.6%的医学学生).
- 在医学中代表不足 (URiM) 的居民在两期之间从5.4%增加到10% (p<0.001).
- 美国印第安人/阿拉斯加原住民,黑人/非洲裔美国人和西班牙裔/拉丁裔/西班牙裔居民仍然是最少代表的群体.
结论:
- 女性和URiM居民在眼科领域的代表性仍然不足.
- 女性居民比例停滞不前,需要有针对性的招聘举措.
- 乌里姆居民人数的增加需要进一步研究有效的招聘策略.
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