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Perceptions on Diversity in Cardiology: A Survey of Cardiology Fellowship Training Program Directors by Anna Lisa Crowley; Julie Damp; Melanie S. Sulistio; Kathryn Berlacher; Donna M. Polk; Robert A. Hong; Gaby Weissman; Dorothy Jackson; Chittur A. Sivaram; James A. Arrighi; Andrew M. Kates; Claire S. Duvernoy; Sandra J. Lewis; Quinn Capers is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.

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## Background The lack of diversity in the cardiovascular physician workforce is thought to be an important driver of racial and sex disparities in cardiac care. Cardiology fellowship program directors play a critical role in shaping the cardiology workforce. ## Methods and Results To assess program directors’ perceptions about diversity and barriers to enhancing diversity, the authors conducted a survey of 513 fellowship program directors or associate directors from 193 unique adult cardiology fellowship training programs. The response rate was 21% of all individuals (110/513) representing 57% of US general adult cardiology training programs (110/193). While 69% of respondents endorsed the belief that diversity is a driver of excellence in health care, only 26% could quote 1 to 2 references to support this statement. Sixty‐three percent of respondents agreed that “our program is diverse already so diversity does not need to be increased.” Only 6% of respondents listed diversity as a top 3 priority when creating the cardiovascular fellowship rank list. ## Conclusions These findings suggest that while program directors generally believe that diversity enhances quality, they are less

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Author

Anna Lisa Crowley; Julie Damp; Melanie S. Sulistio; Kathryn Berlacher; Donna M. Polk; Robert A. Hong; Gaby Weissman; Dorothy Jackson; Chittur A. Sivaram; James A. Arrighi; Andrew M. Kates; Claire S. Duvernoy; Sandra J. Lewis; Quinn Capers

Publisher

Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)

Published

2020

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)