Scholarlink

Background <p>One way in which graduate medical programs can attract a diverse applicant pool is through the utilization of their program’s website to display their diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives to prospective trainees. Given that internal medicine subspecialists makeup a significant percentage of our country’s practicing physicians, a diverse physician workforce within these fields of medicine is imperative.</p> Objective <p>The purpose of this study is to evaluate the prevalence and type of DEI content on prominent internal medicine subspecialty fellowship webpages.</p> Methods <p>One thousand five hundred twenty-three fellowship programs’ websites were analyzed utilizing a standardized scoring system for five separate DEI criteria across nine internal medicine subspecialities during October 2023. Programs were evaluated for the presence of the following criteria: (1) fellowship-associated DEI webpage, (2) DEI commitment statement, (3) DEI initiatives (summer research opportunities for URiM individuals, DEI council, etc.), (4) link to the institution’s DEI homepage, and (5) information about bias training.</p> Results <p>Of the 1523 program websites analyzed, 57.3% had no DEI content on their webpages. Of those that did, a link to the institution’s DEI homepage was the most prevalent factor (35.3). On average, endocrinology fellowship program websites had the most DEI content, whereas gastroenterology fellowship program websites had the least.</p> Conclusion <p>The results of this study demonstrate an overwhelming lack of DEI content across all internal medicine subspecialty training programs’ webpages. These findings are relevant to fellowship program leadership as they represent an actionable area of improvement within the realm of DEI to improve representation among different groups at training programs.</p>

错误：搜索内容不能为空，请输入英文关键词
错误：关键词超出字数限制，请精简
高级检索

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Content on Internal Medicine Fellowship Programs’ Webpages

  • 期刊论文

  • 发表日期：

    2025年3月13日

查看全文
  • Forrest Bohler,
  • Christian J. Santiago,
  • Ava Harvey,
  • Darrys Reese,
  • Nikhil D. Aggarwal,
  • Allison R. Garden,
  • Lily Bohler,
  • Tonya Bailey

摘要

Background

One way in which graduate medical programs can attract a diverse applicant pool is through the utilization of their program’s website to display their diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives to prospective trainees. Given that internal medicine subspecialists makeup a significant percentage of our country’s practicing physicians, a diverse physician workforce within these fields of medicine is imperative.

Objective

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the prevalence and type of DEI content on prominent internal medicine subspecialty fellowship webpages.

Methods

One thousand five hundred twenty-three fellowship programs’ websites were analyzed utilizing a standardized scoring system for five separate DEI criteria across nine internal medicine subspecialities during October 2023. Programs were evaluated for the presence of the following criteria: (1) fellowship-associated DEI webpage, (2) DEI commitment statement, (3) DEI initiatives (summer research opportunities for URiM individuals, DEI council, etc.), (4) link to the institution’s DEI homepage, and (5) information about bias training.

Results

Of the 1523 program websites analyzed, 57.3% had no DEI content on their webpages. Of those that did, a link to the institution’s DEI homepage was the most prevalent factor (35.3). On average, endocrinology fellowship program websites had the most DEI content, whereas gastroenterology fellowship program websites had the least.

Conclusion

The results of this study demonstrate an overwhelming lack of DEI content across all internal medicine subspecialty training programs’ webpages. These findings are relevant to fellowship program leadership as they represent an actionable area of improvement within the realm of DEI to improve representation among different groups at training programs.