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I was recently asked if I think the definition for “underrepresented in medicine” was too narrow.
With 50 (2%) Black faculty and 72 (3%) Hispanic faculty in the School of Medicine, I would argue there should be little concern around this definition.
https://www.diversity.pitt.edu/social-justice/faculty-dashboard
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With 50 (2%) Black faculty and 72 (3%) Hispanic faculty in the School of Medicine, I would argue there should be little concern around this definition.
https://www.diversity.pitt.edu/social-justice/faculty-dashboard
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Three thoughts when I first saw these data yesterday.
1. The “diversity” issue is national.
These local data (which H/T @PittDiversity for making available) are largely consistent with national @AAMCtoday data on med school faculty diversity.
https://www.aamc.org/data-reports/workforce/interactive-data/figure-15-percentage-full-time-us-medical-school-faculty-race/ethnicity-2018
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1. The “diversity” issue is national.
These local data (which H/T @PittDiversity for making available) are largely consistent with national @AAMCtoday data on med school faculty diversity.
https://www.aamc.org/data-reports/workforce/interactive-data/figure-15-percentage-full-time-us-medical-school-faculty-race/ethnicity-2018
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2. The “diversity” issue is persistent.
Again, H/T @PittDiversity who did the hard work of looking over the past decade, back when I was an MS2, to show the Black faculty increase from 1.5% to 2%..
..an issue local leaders have long been taking on.
https://journals.lww.com/academicmedicine/Fulltext/2013/09000/Building_Diversity_in_a_Complex_Academic_Health.28.aspx
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Again, H/T @PittDiversity who did the hard work of looking over the past decade, back when I was an MS2, to show the Black faculty increase from 1.5% to 2%..
..an issue local leaders have long been taking on.
https://journals.lww.com/academicmedicine/Fulltext/2013/09000/Building_Diversity_in_a_Complex_Academic_Health.28.aspx
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3. The “diversity” issue needs more.
Imagine 50 individuals being asked to recruit diverse trainees & faculty, teach antiracism and advance health equity, all while caring for patients, publishing, achieving tenure and promotion.
All on the backdrop of daily racist slights.
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Imagine 50 individuals being asked to recruit diverse trainees & faculty, teach antiracism and advance health equity, all while caring for patients, publishing, achieving tenure and promotion.
All on the backdrop of daily racist slights.
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If this year has proven anything, amid a devastating pandemic and racial injustice, the handful of students, residents, fellows, faculty of color are here.
We’re writing and speaking, we’re in the community and in the board room. We’re ready to do this work.
Who’s with us?
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We’re writing and speaking, we’re in the community and in the board room. We’re ready to do this work.
Who’s with us?
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