PMID- 35371687
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20220405
IS  - 2168-8184 (Print)
IS  - 2168-8184 (Electronic)
IS  - 2168-8184 (Linking)
VI  - 14
IP  - 2
DP  - 2022 Feb
TI  - Gender and Racial Profile of the Academic Pediatric Faculty Workforce in the 
      United States.
PG  - e22518
LID - 10.7759/cureus.22518 [doi]
LID - e22518
AB  - Background Equity, diversity, and inclusion remain a challenge in the healthcare 
      workforce. This study explored the current gender and racial/ethnic trends in 
      academic pediatric positions across the United States. Methodology The pediatric 
      faculty self-reported data by the American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC) 
      Faculty Roster from 2007 to 2020 were analyzed. The races were classified as 
      White (non-Hispanic), Asian, Hispanic, Black (non-Hispanic), Multiple races 
      (including both non-Hispanic and Hispanic), Others, and Unknown. Gender was 
      categorized as male and female. Results The results showed that Asian, Black 
      (non-Hispanic), and Hispanic academic pediatricians increased in full professor, 
      associate professor, and assistant professor positions and decreased in 
      instructor positions from 2007 to 2020. Black (non-Hispanic) academic 
      pediatricians relatively decreased 5.5% in chairperson positions. Women increased 
      in full professor, associate professor, instructor, and chairperson positions; 
      however, relatively decreased 1.8% in assistant professor positions. Men and 
      White (non-Hispanic) academic pediatricians relatively decreased 10.5% and 16%, 
      respectively, in all academic ranks. Women, Asian, Black (non-Hispanic), 
      Hispanic, and Other races were underrepresented in tenured, on-track 
      (tenure-eligible), and not-on-track (tenure-eligible) positions. Conclusions 
      Women and underrepresented minorities in medicine (URiM) physicians continue to 
      remain significantly underrepresented in academic pediatric faculty positions and 
      tenured track positions. There is a dire need to adapt multifaceted strategies to 
      increase the engagement of women and URiM in academic pediatrics.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2022, Saboor et al.
FAU - Saboor, Sundas
AU  - Saboor S
AD  - Department of Public Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, 
      USA.
FAU - Naveed, Sadiq
AU  - Naveed S
AD  - Psychiatry, Hartford Hospital - Institute of Living, Hartford, USA.
FAU - Chaudhary, Amna M
AU  - Chaudhary AM
AD  - Department of Psychiatry, University Hospitals/Case Western Reserve University, 
      Ohio, USA.
FAU - Jamali, Munira
AU  - Jamali M
AD  - Department of Internal Medicine, Dow Medical College, Dow University of Health 
      Sciences, Karachi, PAK.
FAU - Hussain, Mehwish
AU  - Hussain M
AD  - Department of Public Health, Imam Abdurrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, SAU.
FAU - Siddiqi, Javed
AU  - Siddiqi J
AD  - Department of Neurosurgery, Desert Regional Medical Center, Palm Springs, USA.
AD  - Department of Neurosurgery, Riverside University Health System Medical Center, 
      Moreno Valley, USA.
AD  - Department of Neurosurgery, Arrowhead Regional Medical Center, Colton, USA.
AD  - Department of Neurosurgery, California University of Science and Medicine, 
      Colton, USA.
FAU - Khosa, Faisal
AU  - Khosa F
AD  - Department of Radiology, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, CAN.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20220223
PL  - United States
TA  - Cureus
JT  - Cureus
JID - 101596737
PMC - PMC8950698
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - academic faculty
OT  - disparity
OT  - gender
OT  - pediatrics
OT  - race
COIS- The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
EDAT- 2022/04/05 06:00
MHDA- 2022/04/05 06:01
PMCR- 2022/02/23
CRDT- 2022/04/04 05:31
PHST- 2022/02/23 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2022/04/04 05:31 [entrez]
PHST- 2022/04/05 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2022/04/05 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2022/02/23 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.7759/cureus.22518 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Cureus. 2022 Feb 23;14(2):e22518. doi: 10.7759/cureus.22518. eCollection 2022 
      Feb.