Race and Sex Disparities Among Emergency Medicine Chief Residents.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Physicians who belong to minoritized racial and ethnic groups remain underrepresented and underpromoted. Serving as a chief resident is an important position of leadership and prestige, and indicates a benchmark for future professional success. However, it is unknown if disparities in race and/or sex exist in the chief resident selection process.

Objective

To describe race, ethnicity, and sex of emergency medicine (EM) chief residents and determine the association of racial identity and the intersectionality of race and sex for selecting chief residents in US emergency medicine departments.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study analyzed data collected from the Association of American Medical Colleges and the Electronic Residency Application Se

SUBMITTER: Tsai JW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11423172 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature