What The Study Did: Researchers looked at trends in diversity by sex and race/ethnicity among applicants to U.S. surgical residency and fellowship programs from 2008-2018 to see if diversity was increasing.
Authors: Issam Koleilat, M.D., of the Montefiore Medical Center in New York, is the corresponding author.
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(doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2020.1018)
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