Video Abstract A physician workforce that reflects the patient population is associated with
improved patient outcomes and promotes health equity. Notwithstanding, racial and ethnic …

Problem The racial and ethnic makeup of physicians in the United States does not reflect
that of the communities they serve. Addressing this disparity may improve patient outcomes …

This committee, chaired by Dr Bridgette Jones, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, developed
a mission to “improve the recruitment and success of diverse Children's Mercy faculty and …

Health inequities disproportionately impact children of color in the United States. Research
demonstrates that a diverse physician workforce that reflects the demographic profile of the …

METHODS Repeated cross-sectional study of graduate medical education census data on
self-reported race/ethnicity of pediatric residents and subspecialty fellows from 2007 to …

Medicine in the United States has been hampered by a lack of diversity for centuries. Over
the past few decades, greater attention and efforts have been focused on tackling this …

Despite large-scale initiatives to promote workforce diversity in academic medicine, results
have been disheartening, with marginal improvements in some areas and clear regression …

Background Many programs struggle to recruit, select, and match a diverse class of
residents, and the most effective strategies for holistic review of applications to enhance …

Introduction Current projections anticipate a dramatic shift from historical population
demographics in the United States. Racial and ethnic minorities are expected to constitute …

Background: Racial minorities continue to be underrepresented in medicine (URiM).
Increasing provider diversity is an essential component of addressing disparity in health …