Sex and Racial and Ethnic Diversity Among Ophthalmology Subspecialty Fellowship Applicants.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Physician-patient concordance in sex and race is associated with improved patient outcomes. Studies have explored diversity among ophthalmology residents and faculty, but to our knowledge, not among ophthalmology fellows.

Objective

To assess diversity by sex and race and ethnicity among fellowship applicants in ophthalmology subspecialties and compare match rates by applicants' sex and underrepresented in medicine (URiM) status.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study examined ophthalmology subspecialty fellowship data from the 2021 San Francisco Match.

Main outcomes and measures

Applicant characteristics were stratified by sex and URiM status and compared using χ2, Mann-Whitney U, and median tests. For applicants who matched, the percent

SUBMITTER: Ali M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10472264 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature