Asian American Representation in Medicine by Career Stage and Residency Specialty

作者：Patricia Mae G. Santos, Carlos Irwin A. Oronce, Kanan Shah, Fumiko Chino, Mylin A. Torres, Reshma Jagsi, Curtiland Deville, Neha Vapiwala · 发表于：JAMA Network Open · 年份：2024 · DOI：10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.44478 · 被引用次数：16 · 研究领域：Diversity and Career in Medicine、Global Health Workforce Issues、Medical Education and Admissions

IMPORTANCE: Asian American individuals are not underrepresented in medicine; however, aggregation in prior workforce analyses may mask underlying disparities. OBJECTIVE: To assess representation by Asian race and disaggregated subgroups in the US allopathic medical school workforce. Design, Setting, and Participants: This cross-sectional study used Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) special reports, generated using the AAMC Applicant-Matriculant Data File, Student Records System, Graduate Medical Education Track Survey, and faculty roster. Participants included medical school applicants, matriculants, graduates, residents, and faculty enrolled or employed at US allopathic medical schools between 2013 and 2021. Data were analyzed between March and May 2024. EXPOSURE: Asian race or ethnic subgroup as per AAMC and US Census Bureau Office of Management and Budget criteria, including Bangladeshi American, Cambodian American, Chinese American, Filipino American, Indian American, Indonesian American, Japanese American, Korean American, Pakistani American, Taiwanese American, and Vietnamese American. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES: Representation quotients (RQ) were used to indicate representation that was equivalent (RQ of 1), higher (RQ greater than 1), or lower (RQ less than 1) than expected representation based on US population estimates. One-way analysis of variance and linear regression models assessed mean RQ differences by career stage and over time, with Bonferroni ...