Hospital-based Medicine
Diversity and Inclusion
Leadership and Business Training
Emergency Medicine
Career Development Pathway
Jean Raphael, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatrics
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas, United States
Despite large-scale initiatives to promote workforce diversity in academic pediatrics, the current state of underrepresented in medicine (URiM) reflects marginal improvements in some areas and clear regression in others. The proportion of URiM faculty in US academic institutions has essentially remained flat over the past two decades while the number of African-American males in medical school is presently lower than it was in 1978. These data demonstrate that workforce diversity in medicine is not only stagnating but failing to keep pace with population trends toward a more diverse country. For URiM who do pursue a career in academic pediatrics, they must overcome the “diversity tax”, defined as the burden of extra responsibilities placed on URiM faculty to achieve diversity. Guidance from, and relationships with, senior leadership have been promoted as evidence-based strategies to foster URiM professional development and scholarly advancement. Historically, efforts have primarily focused on mentorship. However sponsorship and coaching also offer powerful relationships that can be leveraged to support URiM. This Hot Topics session will begin with a brief overview of diversity trends in academic pediatrics and differentiation of mentorship, sponsorship, and coaching. Subsequent presentations will focus on the ideal characteristics of junior and senior individuals in each of these relationships. We will conclude with discussion of the roles and responsibilities of academic leadership in developing best practices and outcome measures for career advancement of URiM.
Presenter: Jean Raphael, MD, MPH – Baylor College of Medicine
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