Kimberly R Hartson, Kristi M King, Carol O'Neal, Aishia A Brown, Toluwanimi Olajuyigbe, Shakeyrah Elmore, Angelique Perez
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underrepresentation underrepresented minorities urms medical field particularly ophthalmology poses critical challenge achieving diversity equity urms constitute 19 medical school attendees presence markedly lower ophthalmology residency programs among practicing ophthalmologists study seeks investigate prevalence diversity statements ophthalmology residency program websites role underrepresentation urms within field observational crosssectional study analyzed websites 126 ophthalmology residency programs listed san francisco sf match website diversity statements categorized based inclusion specific underrepresented groups race ethnicity gender sexual orientation disability analyzed correlation program characteristics descriptive statistics chisquared tests utilized assess prevalence diversity statements association program size ranking geographical location institutional nature 126 programs analyzed 21 167 diversity statements specific ophthalmology residency program 115 913 featured institutionallevel diversity statements race ethnicity commonly addressed category diversity statements 753 followed gender 659 sexual orientation 611 disability 532 statistical analyses revealed significant correlation program size presence diversity statements however higherranked programs likely mention sexual orientation disability significant differences observed institutional level public institutions likely include specific diversity categories study highlights significant disparity presence focus diversity statements across ophthalmology residency programs despite high prevalence institutionallevel diversity statements programspecific initiatives lacking particularly addressing disability inclusion findings suggest need comprehensive targeted effort address underrepresentation ophthalmology