Are We Speaking the Same "Language" Regarding Underrepresented Groups in Plastic Surgery and Increasing Diversity Within Our Field?
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Annals of plastic surgery
ISSN: 1536-3708
Titre abrégé: Ann Plast Surg
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 7805336
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01 Apr 2024
01 Apr 2024
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Résumé
Plastic Surgery is one of the fields that lags behind the rest when it comes to surgeons from backgrounds underrepresented in medicine (URiM). Extensive research has shown that diversity in health care not only fosters inclusivity but also saves lives. The study aim is to quantify how many integrated plastic surgery residency programs have outlined criteria defining diversity goals and/or groups of people they consider to be URiM. All American Council for Graduate Medical Education-accredited integrated plastic surgery program Web sites were reviewed for diversity missions/statements and explicit mentions of the racial and ethnic groups. Web sites were deemed "up-to-date" if they were last updated within 6 months before the initial data collection period. The data collection period was from November 20 to 29, 2022. A total of 86 program were reviewed. Only 8 programs (9%) had clear URiM criteria listed on their Web sites, whereas 26 (30%) relied on institution/department-wide criteria, 1 (1%) listed that they were adhering to American Association of Medical Colleges definition of URiM, and 51 programs (60%) had no form of definition for what is considered URiM. When looking at the programs that have some form of criteria for URiM (n = 35 [40%]), all programs (100%) considered African American/Black, Native American/Alaskan Native, Hispanic/Latinx, and Pacific Islander/Native Hawaiian as groups URiM. Assessing the same subset of programs that have a form of criteria listed (n = 35 [40%]), 19 (58%) had listed other groups outside of race/ethnicity considered to be URiM for their program, and 14 (42%) programs did not. Fourteen programs (74%) considered LGBTQIA+ as a URiM group. There still is a great deal of heterogeneity among residency programs when it comes to identifying which medical students are URiM. Numerous plastic surgery organizations have placed diversity and inclusive excellence at the forefront of their agendas; however, it is critical that residency programs also actively align their efforts in an equitable and intentional way. This study serves to encourage residency programs to evaluate their mission toward diversity, equity, and inclusion and to spark discussion toward creating a clearer URiM definition to be consistent among all programs.
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BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Plastic Surgery is one of the fields that lags behind the rest when it comes to surgeons from backgrounds underrepresented in medicine (URiM). Extensive research has shown that diversity in health care not only fosters inclusivity but also saves lives. The study aim is to quantify how many integrated plastic surgery residency programs have outlined criteria defining diversity goals and/or groups of people they consider to be URiM.
METHODS
METHODS
All American Council for Graduate Medical Education-accredited integrated plastic surgery program Web sites were reviewed for diversity missions/statements and explicit mentions of the racial and ethnic groups. Web sites were deemed "up-to-date" if they were last updated within 6 months before the initial data collection period. The data collection period was from November 20 to 29, 2022.
RESULTS
RESULTS
A total of 86 program were reviewed. Only 8 programs (9%) had clear URiM criteria listed on their Web sites, whereas 26 (30%) relied on institution/department-wide criteria, 1 (1%) listed that they were adhering to American Association of Medical Colleges definition of URiM, and 51 programs (60%) had no form of definition for what is considered URiM. When looking at the programs that have some form of criteria for URiM (n = 35 [40%]), all programs (100%) considered African American/Black, Native American/Alaskan Native, Hispanic/Latinx, and Pacific Islander/Native Hawaiian as groups URiM. Assessing the same subset of programs that have a form of criteria listed (n = 35 [40%]), 19 (58%) had listed other groups outside of race/ethnicity considered to be URiM for their program, and 14 (42%) programs did not. Fourteen programs (74%) considered LGBTQIA+ as a URiM group.
CONCLUSION AND SIGNIFICANCE
CONCLUSIONS
There still is a great deal of heterogeneity among residency programs when it comes to identifying which medical students are URiM. Numerous plastic surgery organizations have placed diversity and inclusive excellence at the forefront of their agendas; however, it is critical that residency programs also actively align their efforts in an equitable and intentional way. This study serves to encourage residency programs to evaluate their mission toward diversity, equity, and inclusion and to spark discussion toward creating a clearer URiM definition to be consistent among all programs.
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pubmed: 38556677
doi: 10.1097/SAP.0000000000003876
pii: 00000637-202404002-00029
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