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Trends in Ethnicity, Race, and Sex Among Psychiatry and Non-psychiatry Residency Applicants, 2008-2019.

Authors :
Chen IL
Koleilat I
Choinski K
Phair J
Hirschtritt ME
Source :
Academic psychiatry : the journal of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training and the Association for Academic Psychiatry [Acad Psychiatry] 2021 Aug; Vol. 45 (4), pp. 445-450. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Apr 06.
Publication Year :
2021

Abstract

Objective: The objective of this study was to examine trends in racial/ethnic and gender representation among US psychiatry residency applicants compared with non-psychiatry applicants.<br />Methods: Using publicly available applicant data, racial/ethnic and gender distributions of psychiatry residency applicants from 2008 to 2019 were examined and compared with non-psychiatry residency applicants. Both longitudinal trends within both cohorts and cross-sectional, between-group differences were examined.<br />Results: From 2008 to 2019, the percentage of female, American Indian/Alaskan Native (AIAN), Black, Hispanic, and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander (NHPI) psychiatry and non-psychiatry residency applicants increased (p<.001). Within each year, Black and Asian applicants comprised a larger percentage of psychiatry applicants compared with non-psychiatry applicants (p<.001). Between 2008 and 2019, Black psychiatry and non-psychiatry applicants increased from 9.1% to 11.6% and 6.6% to 7.6%, respectively; Asian psychiatry and non-psychiatry applicants decreased from 39.5% to 30.5% and 27.5% to 26.6%, respectively; White psychiatry and non-psychiatry applicants increased from 26.7% to 38.2% and 42.7% to 49.2%, respectively.<br />Conclusions: Racial/ethnic and gender characteristics of US psychiatry residency applicants represent the future of the US psychiatric workforce. The US psychiatry residency applicant pool has become increasingly diverse from 2008 to 2019. Initiatives should work to enhance representation of psychiatry applicants from historically marginalized backgrounds, and simultaneously to recruit and retain a diverse psychiatric workforce following residency training.<br /> (© 2021. Academic Psychiatry.)

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1545-7230
Volume :
45
Issue :
4
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Academic psychiatry : the journal of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training and the Association for Academic Psychiatry
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
33825171
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1007/s40596-021-01441-y