Trends in Underrepresented Fellows in Gastroenterology.

Authors

Judy Daboul, Gavisha Waidyaratne, Sean G Kelly, Jacob Skeans, Jianing Ma, Jing Peng, Lindsay A Sobotka

Published in

The American journal of gastroenterology. Jun 16, 2025. Epub Jun 16, 2025.

Abstract

Most Gastroenterology (GI) societies support interventions to improve diversity in medicine. It remains unclear whether these efforts have been effective.
Examine nationwide trends of underrepresented minorities in medicine (UIM) in GI compared to other Internal Medicine (IM) fellowships.
Retrospective cohort study used Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) race and gender data from 2011 to 2021. Fellows identifying as Hispanic, African American, or Native American/Alaskan were subclassified as UIM.
The average percentage of fellows identifying as UIM or female in GI were lower than most IM specialties. The proportion of UIM fellows in GI did not increase during the studied time (p=0.98) unlike the proportion of female fellows (p=0.06) in GI.
Efforts to promote a more inclusive workforce in GI have had limited success over the past decade. Successful interventions that institutions can implement include supporting minority applicants, structured mentorship, and bias mitigation training.

PMID:
40522447
Bibliographic data and abstract were imported from PubMed on 16 Jun 2025.

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