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 …

Importance Minoritized racial and ethnic groups remain underrepresented in medicine (UIM)
compared with the general population. Although many residency programs want to train a …

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: The diversifying US population of children necessitates
assessing the diversity of the pediatric academic workforce and its level of cultural …

As many residency programs expand teaching to address the knowledge, skills, and
attitudes that residents need to dismantle structural racism and other systemic inequities …

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 …

Academic pediatrics has notkept pace with the changing demographics in the United States
population and the children and families we serve. By 2020, the majority of children 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 This was a retrospective analysis of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical
Education (ACGME) database. The database encompassed all residents in US pediatrics …

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

OBJECTIVES The objectives with this study were to describe the current state of Pediatric
Hospital Medicine (PHM) fellowship programs with regards to (1) diversity of fellows and …