| Literature DB >> 35982985 |
Emily C Cleveland Manchanda1,2, Albee Y Ling3, Jason L Bottcher4, Regan H Marsh5,6, David F M Brown6,7, Christopher L Bennett8, Maame Yaa A B Yiadom8.
Abstract
Purpose: To describe trends in emergency medicine faculty demographics, examining changes in the proportion of historically underrepresented groups including female, Black, and Latinx faculty over time.Entities:
Year: 2022 PMID: 35982985 PMCID: PMC9375047 DOI: 10.1002/emp2.12781
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open ISSN: 2688-1152
Summary statistics of emergency medicine faculty by sex, race and ethnicity, and academic rank in 1990 and 2020
| 1990 | 2020 | Change | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. (N = 214) | % | No. (N = 5874) | % | No. (N = 5660) | % | |
| Sex (female) | 35 | 16.36 | 2247 | 38.25 | 2212 | 21.89 |
| Race and ethnicity | ||||||
| Non‐Hispanic white | 186 | 86.92 | 4266 | 72.63 | 4080 | −14.29 |
| Black or African American | 9 | 4.21 | 266 | 4.53 | 257 | 0.32 |
| Asian | 13 | 6.07 | 732 | 12.46 | 719 | 6.39 |
| Hispanic, Latino, or of Spanish origin* | 2 | 0.93 | 194 | 3.30 | 192 | 2.37 |
| American Indian or Alaskan Native | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.22 | 13 | 0.22 |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.07 | 4 | 0.07 |
| Other | 0 | 0 | 49 | 0.83 | 49 | 0.83 |
| Multiple Race – Hispanic* | 1 | 0.47 | 132 | 2.25 | 131 | 1.78 |
| Multiple Race – Non‐Hispanic | 2 | 0.93 | 99 | 1.69 | 97 | 0.76 |
| Unknown | 1 | 0.47 | 119 | 2.03 | 118 | 1.56 |
| Academic Rank | ||||||
| Professor | 26 | 12.15 | 655 | 11.15 | 629 | −1 |
| Associate professor | 45 | 21.03 | 1,038 | 17.67 | 993 | −3.36 |
| Assistant professor | 112 | 52.34 | 3,385 | 57.63 | 3273 | 5.29 |
| Instructor | 27 | 12.62 | 683 | 11.63 | 656 | −0.99 |
| Other | 4 | 1.87 | 113 | 1.92 | 109 | 0.05 |
*Referenced as Latinx in the text.
FIGURE 1Trends in proportion of female, Black, and Latinx emergency medicine faculty from 1990 to 2020, compared to all academic clinical faculty* (clinical). *The overall clinical faculty group represents all faculty from the 16 clinical specialties (anesthesiology, dermatology, emergency medicine, family medicine, internal medicine, neurology, obstetrics & gynecology, ophthalmology, orthopedic surgery, otolaryngology, pathology‐clinical, pediatrics, physical medicine, psychiatry, radiology, and surgery) reported in the Association of American Medical Colleges roster.
Trends of female, Black, and Latinx representation in emergency medicine by academic rank from academic years 1990–2020
| 1990 | 2020 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | No. | % | No. | % | Overall change (%) | Annual rate of change in OR (95% CI) |
| Female | ||||||
| Overall | 35 | 16.36 | 2247 | 38.25 | 21.89 | 1.03 (1.03–1.04) |
| Professor | 2 | 7.69 | 134 | 20.46 | 12.77 | 1.04 (1.03–1.05) |
| Associate professor | 5 | 11.11 | 334 | 32.18 | 21.07 | 1.04 (1.03–1.04) |
| Assistant professor | 20 | 17.86 | 1395 | 41.21 | 23.35 | 1.04 (1.03–1.04) |
| Instructor | 6 | 22.22 | 330 | 48.32 | 26.1 | 1.04 (1.04–1.05) |
| Black or African American | ||||||
| Overall | 9 | 4.21 | 266 | 4.53 | 0.32 | 1.00 (0.99–1.00) |
| Professor | 1 | 3.85 | 14 | 2.14 | −1.71 | 0.99 (0.97–1.01) |
| Associate professor | 1 | 2.22 | 36 | 3.47 | 1.25 | 1.02 (1.00–1.03) |
| Assistant professor | 5 | 4.46 | 180 | 5.32 | 0.86 | 0.99 (0.98–1.00) |
| Instructor | 2 | 7.41 | 34 | 4.98 | ‐2.43 | 1.01 (0.99–1.02) |
| Latinx (Hispanic, Latino, or of Spanish origin) | ||||||
| Overall | 3 | 1.4 | 326 | 5.55 | 4.15 | 1.02 (1.01–1.02) |
| Professor | 0 | 0 | 27 | 4.12 | 4.12 | 1.03 (1.01–1.05) |
| Associate professor | 0 | 0 | 39 | 3.76 | 3.76 | 1.03 (1.01–1.04) |
| Assistant professor | 1 | 0.89 | 207 | 6.12 | 5.23 | 1.02 (1.01–1.03) |
| Instructor | 1 | 3.7 | 47 | 6.88 | 3.18 | 1.01 (1.00–1.03) |
Note: Odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were used to provide an estimated annual rate of change for each underrepresented group. For example, an OR of 1.03 suggests that on average the proportion of female physicians has been increasing by 3% for each successive year in the study period.
FIGURE 2Trends in proportion of female emergency medicine faculty from 1990 to 2020 by subgroup, compared to compared to all academic clinical faculty* (clinical). A. Trends in female emergency medicine faculty by academic rank; B. Trends in female emergency medicine faculty by race and ethnicity. *The overall clinical faculty group represents all faculty from the 16 clinical specialties (anesthesiology, dermatology, emergency medicine, family medicine, internal medicine, neurology, obstetrics & gynecology, ophthalmology, orthopedic surgery, otolaryngology, pathology‐clinical, pediatrics, physical medicine, psychiatry, radiology, and surgery) reported in the Association of American Medical Colleges roster.
Trends of female representation in emergency medicine from academic years 1990–2020 by race and ethnicity
| 1990 | 2020 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % | No. | % | Overall change (%) | Annual rate of change in OR (95% CI) | |
| Overall | 35 | 16.36 | 2247 | 38.25 | 21.90 | 1.03 (1.03–1.04) |
| Non‐Hispanic white | 29 | 13.55 | 1523 | 25.93 | 12.38 | 1.03 (1.02–1.04) |
| Black or African American | 2 | 0.93 | 142 | 2.42 | 1.48 | 1.03 (1.02–1.04) |
| Latinx (Hispanic, Latino, or of Spanish origin) | 1 | 0.47 | 130 | 2.21 | 1.75 | 1.03 (1.02–1.04) |
| Asian | 2 | 0.93 | 318 | 5.41 | 4.48 | 1.03 (1.03–1.04) |
Note: Odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were used to provide an estimated annual rate of change for each underrepresented group. For example, an OR of 1.03 suggests that on average the proportion of female physicians has been increasing by 3% for each successive year in the study period.