Factors associated with underrepresented minority physician scientist trainee career choices.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Recently, there have been concerted efforts to improve racial and ethnic diversity in the physician-scientist workforce. Identifying factors associated with career choices among those underrepresented in medicine and science is a necessary first step to advance this objective. The aim of the present study was to assess the attitudes and factors associated with academic and research career interests among underrepresented predoctoral physician-scientists.

Methods

A cross-sectional 70-question survey was distributed to all predoctoral single degree (MD or DO) and dual degree (MD/PhD or DO/PhD) trainees at 32 medical schools in the United States from 2012 to 2014. Main outcomes included factors important to advancement in academic medicine, intended medical specialty

SUBMITTER: Siebert AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7656762 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature