Solving the Equation of Structural Inequities in the Oncology Workforce

Menée aux Etats-Unis, cette étude analyse l'évolution, sur la période 1970-2019, de la diversité ethnique et de la mixité dans les universités de médecine (étudiants, stagiaires, professeurs et directeurs), en oncologie médicale et en radio-oncologie

Résumé en anglais

In a comprehensive analysis of the radiation oncology (RO) and medical oncology (MO) workforce with an emphasis on women and races and ethnicities underrepresented in medicine (URM; defined as Black, Hispanic, and Indigenous individuals), Kamran and colleagues have carefully dissected important trends over the last 50 years. They have analyzed the pipeline starting from medical school applications and matriculation, to RO and internal medicine residency and MO fellowship, to arrive at the current state of the physician and faculty workforce in oncology. What stands out from this analysis are the significant gains women have made toward narrowing the equality gap in the physician oncology workforce; however, trends for increasing URM men in the workforce have been stagnant, and URM women have made minimal gains in this period.