Background Medical specialist workforces are not representative of the society they serve,
partially due to loss of diversity in the path from student to specialist. We investigated which …

Objective To characterize recent trends among practicing female surgeons, surgical
trainees, and surgical residency applicants to assess potential progress toward gender …

Background Discrimination negatively impacts physician career trajectories and well-being.
Objective Quantify perceived religious discrimination among US Muslim physicians and …

Objective To add to the literature which has reported higher attrition rates amongst General
Surgery residents who identify as female or underrepresented in medicine (URM), we aimed …

Background Structured curricula are demanded to improve training programs of future
urologists. This study aimed to evaluate the acceptance of the newly implemented residency …

Objective The aim of this study is to gauge the current social climate in neurosurgical
residency training and attitudes regarding sexual orientation and gender identity. Methods …

Objective To determine factors that women urology resident physicians rate as most
influential when selecting residency programs. Methods Surveys were emailed to female …

METHODS A half-day didactic-and simulation-based session was offered to second-year
medical students (N= 57). After a didactic-based overview of the specialty performed by …

METHODS A review was conducted using Ovid Medline to identify publications reporting
strategies to increase women and underrepresented minorities (URM) in healthcare fields …

Background The importance of gender diversity is well recognized. Despite promising
change in addressing gender disparity, there remains a significant gap in women's …