Women and persons from racial and ethnic populations underrepresented in medicine
(URiM) comprise a substantially lower proportion of academic internal medicine faculty …

Importance Increasing diversity in the physician workforce is a fulcrum for reducing health
disparities. Efforts to increase the diversity in the internal medicine (IM) workforce may …

ContextPrevious studies have suggested that minority medical school faculty are at a
disadvantage in promotion opportunities compared with white faculty. ObjectiveTo compare …

Purpose Faculty promotion is important for retention and has implications for diversity. This
study provides an update on recent trends in faculty promotion in US medical schools …

Importance Bolstering the ranks of women and underrepresented groups in medicine (URM)
among medical faculty can help address ongoing health care disparities and therefore …

Background Despite individual and institutional awareness of the inequity in retention,
promotion and leadership of racially and ethnically underrepresented minority faculty in …

Background For over 50 years, the United States (US) used affirmative action as one
strategy to increase diversity in higher education including medical programs, citing benefits …

Background Prior studies have demonstrated the importance of diversity among physicians.
Identifying trends in diversity within the most competitive internal medicine (IM) fellowships …

Purpose There is little evidence regarding which factors and strategies are associated with
high proportions of underrepresented minority (URM) faculty in academic medicine. The …

Abstract Background According to the American Association of Medical Colleges, women
comprise 26% of full professors and 19% of medical school department chairs. African …