How do we as a medical community encourage, support, and inspire medical students to
pursue a career in surgery in order to increase diversity in the workplace, increase patient …

OBJECTIVE: Although 1996 to 2002 was a period of declining interest in general surgery
(GS) among US medical students (USS), most categorical general surgery (C-GS) training …

Purpose Residency programs are now more than ever attuned to the need to create a more
diverse surgical workforce and combat the structural barriers that may prevent entry and …

Issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion are of utmost importance in today's medical schools,
and the University of Michigan is at the forefront of effecting change in this key area of …

The lack of diversity in surgical career pathways impacts the cultural competence of the
learning and working environment, the variety of leadership styles found within surgical …

Background Local, regional, and national diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives
have been established to combat barriers to entry and promote retention in surgery …

The year 2020 arrived with a bang as a pandemic of epic proportions rattled our healthcare
system to its core. We all tuned in to news broadcasts and radio shows to keep us updated …

Background Diversity continues to be an important topic to physicians in training. Objective
We set out to define current issues related to diversity in graduate medical education; …

Objective The purpose of this study was to characterize the nondiscrimination and diversity,
equity, and inclusion (DEI) statements found on the websites of general surgery residency …

Objective: The leadership of the American Surgical Association (ASA) appointed a Task
Force to objectively address issues related to equity, diversity, and inclusion with the …