End of Affirmative Action-Who Is Impacted Most? Analysis of Race and Sex Among US Internal Medicine Faculty.

Rui Yang XuNilita SoodJeffrey DingNadia KhanSabeen TiwanaJaved SiddiqiAteeq RehmanNamirah JamshedFaisal Khosa

Published in: Journal of general internal medicine (2023)

Despite an increase in the representation of women and racial/ethnic minority IM faculty, there continues to be a predominance of White and men physicians in higher academic ranks. With the end of affirmative action, this trend has the danger of being perpetuated, resulting in decreasing diversity among IM faculty, potentially impacting patient access and health outcomes.

Keyphrases

medical students
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