Examining Parity among Black and Hispanic Resident Physicians.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The US physician workforce does not represent the racial or ethnic diversity of the population it serves.

Objectives

To assess whether the proportion of US physician trainees of Black race and Hispanic ethnicity has changed over time and then provide a conceptual projection of future trends.

Design

Cross-sectional, retrospective, analysis based on 11 years of publicly available data paired with recent US census population estimates.

Participants

A total of 86,303 (2007-2008) to 103,539 (2017-2018) resident physicians in the 20 largest US Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education resident specialties.

Main measures

Changes in proportion of physician trainees of Black race and Hispanic ethnicity per academic year. Projected number of

SUBMITTER: Bennett CL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8175607 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature