Exploring Gender and Racial Disparity in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: A Step Toward Diversity - 26/10/21
, Amna Mohyud Din Chaudhary, MD c, Beenish Safdar, MD d, Salma Malik, MD b, Faisal Khosa, MD, MBA eRésumé |
A diverse medical workforce is pivotal for the provision of high-quality healthcare services to the US population.1 Currently, women comprise 50% of all medical students in the United States, whereas only 35.2% of the physician workforce is represented by women.2 The under-represented minority (URM) physicians are significantly lower in number compared to the White physicians.1 Women and the URM workforce are less represented at leadership and faculty levels.3 Although female residents have gradually increased, recruitment of URM residents in psychiatry continues to be low.3 The field of child and adolescent psychiatry has faced numerous challenges in recruitment and representation of URM residents.4 In 2017, among 134 child and adolescent psychiatry programs, 535 fellows (64.5%) were women.5 Considering racial trends, there were 383 White, 282 Asian, 78 African American/Black, and 2 American Indian child and adolescent psychiatry fellows.5
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| This article is part of a special series devoted to addressing bias, bigotry, racism, and mental health disparities through research, practice, and policy. The series is edited by Assistant Editor Eraka Bath, MD, Deputy Editor Wanjikũ F.M. Njoroge, Associate Editor Robert R. Althoff, MD, PhD, and Editor-in-Chief Douglas K. Novins, MD. |
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| Author Contributions Conceptualization: Naveed, Khosa Data curation: Saboor, Naveed, Safdar, Malik, Khosa Formal analysis: Saboor, Chaudhary Methodology: Saboor, Naveed, Chaudhary, Safdar, Malik, Khosa Supervision: Naveed, Khosa Validation: Saboor, Naveed Writing – original draft: Saboor, Naveed, Chaudhary, Safdar, Malik, Khosa Writing – review and editing: Saboor, Naveed, Chaudhary, Safdar, Malik, Khosa |
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| Disclosure: Dr. Khosa has been the recipient of the May Cohen Equity, Diversity, and Gender Award − Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada (2020). Drs. Saboor, Naveed, Chaudhary, Safdar, and Malik have reported no biomedical financial interests or potential conflicts of interest. |
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| All statements expressed in this column are those of the authors and do not reflect the opinions of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. See the Guide for Authors for information about the preparation and submission of Letters to the Editor. |
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P. 1329-1332 - novembre 2021 Retour au numéro
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