Inclusion, Diversity, Access, and Equity in Infectious Diseases Fellowship Training: Tools for Program Directors.
Vera P LutherAlice E BarsoumianVictoria J L KonoldTara VijayanGayle BalbaConstance BensonBrian BlackburnPaloma CarielloSarah PerloffRaymund RazonableKartikey AcharyaMarwan Mikheal AzarNitin BhanotDana BlythSaira ButtBeata CasanasBrian ChowKerry ClevelandJames B CutrellSaumil DoshiDiana FinkelChristopher J GraberAniruddha HazraNatasha S HochbergScott H JamesAnna KaltsasRosy Priya L KodiyanplakkalMikyung LeeLuis MarcosAlfredo J Mena LoraChristopher C MooreObinna NneduGeorgina OsorioMolly L ParasRebecca ReeceNatalie Mariam SalasKamla Sanasi-BholaSara SchultzJose A SerpaRachel ShnekendorfScott WeisenbergDarcy WootenRichard A ZuckermanMichael MeliaLisa M ChirchPublished in: Open forum infectious diseases (2023)
The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) has set clear priorities in recent years to promote inclusion, diversity, access, and equity (IDA&E) in infectious disease (ID) clinical practice, medical education, and research. The IDSA IDA&E Task Force was launched in 2018 to ensure implementation of these principles. The IDSA Training Program Directors Committee met in 2021 and discussed IDA&E best practices as they pertain to the education of ID fellows. Committee members sought to develop specific goals and strategies related to recruitment, clinical training, didactics, and faculty development. This article represents a presentation of ideas brought forth at the meeting in those spheres and is meant to serve as a reference document for ID training program directors seeking guidance in this area.