Diversity in dermatology: Roadmap for improvement
Recommended Citation
Pritchett EN, Pandya AG, Ferguson NN, Hu S, Ortega-Loayza AG, Lim HW. Diversity in dermatology: Roadmap for improvement. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology 2018; 79(2):337-341.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-1-2018
Publication Title
Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
Abstract
The American Academy of Dermatology has taken an active stance in addressing the lack of racial and ethnic diversity in the specialty. At the American Academy of Dermatology President's Conference on Diversity in Dermatology, which was held on August 5, 2017, key action items to increase the number of practicing board-certified dermatologists who are under-represented in medicine (UIM) were identified in 3 main areas. The action items include increasing the pipeline of UIM students applying to medical school, increasing UIM medical students' exposure to the field of dermatology and their level of interest in it, and increasing the number of UIM students recruited into dermatology residency programs.
Medical Subject Headings
Career Choice; Continental Population Groups; Cultural Diversity; Dermatology; Ethnic Groups; Female; Humans; Internship and Residency; Intersectoral Collaboration; Male; Mentors; Minority Groups; Societies, Medical; Students, Medical; United States
PubMed ID
29653209
Volume
79
Issue
2
First Page
337
Last Page
341
