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The Diversity of Surgical Trainees Index identifies racial and ethnic disparities among surgical specialties.

Christina L CuiRoberto S LoanzonLauren N West-LivingstonDawn M ColemanChandler A LongYoung Kim
Published in: Journal of vascular surgery (2024)
The DoSTI is a novel metric used to quantify the degree of URiM representation among surgical specialties. DoSTI has revealed specialty-specific variations in racial/ethnic minority representation among surgical training programs. This metric may be used to improve provider awareness and identify high performing DoSTI specialties to highlight best practices to ultimately recruit a more diverse surgical workforce.
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