Improving the recruitment, retention, and leadership advancement of faculty who are under-
represented in medicine is a priority at many academic institutions to ensure excellence in …

Gender equity in medicine and surgery has recently received widespread attention. Unlike
surgical specialties that remain predominantly male, the majority of obstetrician …

Background Diversity in surgery has been shown to improve mentorship and patient care.
Diversity has improved among general surgery (GS) trainees but is not the case for …

Purpose Academic medicine faces difficulty recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce. The
proportion of medical students who are underrepresented in medicine (URiM) is smaller …

Importance Black faculty and trainees remain underrepresented in academic medicine
because of systemic racism. Years of diversity and inclusion efforts have not succeeded in …

Introduction The USA is a diverse society with representation from different ethnic and racial
backgrounds, resulting in under-represented minorities (URMs) in various specialties of …

The concepts of diversity, equity, and inclusion are fundamental and more recently heavily
discussed within medicine, research, and the larger society. There is increasing awareness …

Academic medicine continues to characterize the experiences of Black and other minoritized
faculty in medicine to enhance their careers and promote their advancement. An issue of …

Phenomenon: Faculty career success in academic medicine is complex. Dynamic
interactions among faculty and between faculty and their socio-cultural working …

Purpose Tenure status has important implications for medical school faculty recruitment and
retention and may affect educational quality, academic freedom, and collegiality. However …