Erschienen in:
31.10.2019 | Editorial
Minorities in leadership: are we moving the needle?
verfasst von:
Aurora D. Pryor, Amanda Bader, Mark Talamini
Erschienen in:
Surgical Endoscopy
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Ausgabe 12/2019
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Excerpt
Underrepresentation of minority groups in the medical field has garnered increased interest in recent years. Lack of diversity in medicine is a pressing issue as it impacts many areas of medicine. A definition of diversity is “the composition of differing elements” [
1]. When used to describe a population, however, the term is multifaceted. It does not just refer to different genders, races and ethnicities; it also includes those of different religions, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, mental/physical abilities, and education levels. As the United States population grows more diverse, so must its medical professional workforce. But we are not yet there; the current US physician workforce does not reflect the diversity of our contemporary society. …
