• Tera Frederick Howard, Jordyn Pike, and William A Grobman.
• Department of Women's Health, University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School, Austin Tx.
• J Natl Med Assoc. 2024 Feb 1; 116 (1): 6126-12.

IntroductionPart of the difficulty in recruiting and retaining a diverse physician workforce, as well as within medical leadership, is due to racial disparities in medical education. We investigated whether self-identified race-ethnicity is associated with the likelihood of selection as chief resident (CR).Materials And MethodsWe performed a cross sectional analysis using de-identified person-level data from the GME Track, a national resident database and tracking system, from 2015 through 2018. The exposure variable, self-identified race-ethnicity, was categorized as African American or Black, American Indian or Alaskan Native, Asian, Hispanic, Latino or of Spanish Origin, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, White, and Multi-racial. The primary study outcome was CR selection among respondents in their final program year. Logistic regression was used to estimate the adjusted odds ratios (aOR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) of CR selection for each racial group, as compared to the White referent group.ResultsAmong the study population (N=121,247), Black, Asian and Hispanic race-ethnicity was associated with a significantly decreased odds of being selected as CR in unadjusted and adjusted analyses. Black, Asian and Hispanic residents had a 26% (aOR=0.74, 95% CI 0.66-0.83), 29% (aOR=0.71, 95% CI 0.66-0.76) and 28% (aOR=0.72, 95% CI 0.66-0.94) decreased likelihood of becoming CR, respectively. Multi-racial residents also had a decreased likelihood, but to a lesser degree (aOR=0.92, 95% CI 0.89-0.95).ConclusionsIn as much as CR is an honor that sets one up for future opportunity, our findings suggest that residents of color are disproportionately disadvantaged compared to their White peers.Copyright © 2023 National Medical Association. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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