Ben-Hur Souto Das Neves, Victória Ávila Martini, Mayúme de Freitas Fantti, Pâmela Billig Mello-Carpes
Long-term impact of neuroscience outreach interventions on elementary students' knowledge
Advances in physiology education
diversity medicine garnered significant attention recent medical workforce research studies consistently reveal beneficial impact raceconcordant visits patient outcomes adherence satisfaction diversity among residency fellowship program directors studied fields little known diversity within niche fellowship programs transplant hepatology study aims investigate demographic information program directors transplant hepatology fellowship programs identified transplant hepatology fellowship programs program directors american college gastroenterology website multiple reviewers compiled demographic training information internet searches analyzed using chisquare analysis assessing racial diversity researchers identified perceived race using multiple indicators including name physical appearance affiliation identity associations study analyzed data 72 program directors 6111 male among program directors 556 appeared nonhispanic white 3611 appeared asian apparent hispanics blacks represented 556 417 respectively analysis also found male program directors appeared largely nonhispanic white 7272 significantly likely professors p 0045 rather associate assistant professors findings indicate transplant hepatology fellowship programs primarily led male nonhispanic white physicians attract underrepresented medical students residents critical make meaningful efforts improve diversity ensure equitable representation leaders future research focus developing strategies build inclusive workforce addressing existing leadership inequities