{"id":849599,"date":"2025-05-20T00:12:38","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T05:12:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/20\/diversity-in-dermatology-residencies-improves-gaps-remain\/"},"modified":"2025-05-20T00:12:38","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T05:12:38","slug":"diversity-in-dermatology-residencies-improves-gaps-remain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/20\/diversity-in-dermatology-residencies-improves-gaps-remain\/","title":{"rendered":"Diversity in Dermatology Residencies Improves; Gaps Remain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Business News <\/p>\n<div check-ads-type=\"true\">\n<h2>Business News <strong>TOPLINE:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Dermatology residency programs saw modest gains in racial and ethnic diversity from 2020 to 2024, but underrepresented groups remain disproportionately low compared with their share of the US population.<\/p>\n<h2>Business News <strong>METHODOLOGY:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Researchers analyzed national data on dermatology residents from the Association of American Medical Colleges from 2020 to 2024.<\/li>\n<li>They evaluated racial and ethnic representation trends and calculated rate ratios comparing residency demographics with the US population data.<\/li>\n<li>The analysis included comparison of underrepresented minority resident (American Indian or Alaska Native [AIAN], Black, Hispanic or Latino, and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander [NHPI]) percentages across five historically less diverse specialties: Dermatology, neurological surgery, orthopedic surgery, otolaryngology, and integrated plastic surgery.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Business News <strong>TAKEAWAY:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Black representation among dermatology residents rose from 4.6% to 8.7%, and Hispanic or Latino representation increased from 6.6% to 8.9%. NHPI representation declined from 0.2% to 0.1%, and AIAN representation remained steady at 0.7%.<\/li>\n<li>The rate ratio for Black residents compared with the US population demographics improved from 0.38 to 0.71, and for Hispanic residents from 0.35 to 0.47.<\/li>\n<li>Dermatology showed the highest annual increase in underrepresented minority residents (2.11% per year) among historically less diverse specialties, though it still lags behind specialties like obstetrics and gynecology.<\/li>\n<li>The total number of underrepresented minority residents grew from 185 in 2022 to 267 in 2024, still short of the 463 needed to meet the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aad.org\/member\/career\/diversity\/pathways\">American Academy of Dermatology Pathways<\/a> initiative goal of a 150% increase by 2027.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Business News <strong>IN PRACTICE:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>\u201cDespite incremental improvements in diversity, sustained mentorship, pipeline development, and outreach efforts remain the key drivers of these gains,\u201d the study authors wrote. \u201cTo ensure long-term progress, residency programs should track diversity metrics to better align recruitment with the demographics of their local communities,\u201d they added.<\/p>\n<h2>Business News <strong>SOURCE:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The study was led by Devin Barzallo, BA, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland. It was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0190962225021164\">published online<\/a> on May 14 in the <em>Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h2>Business News <strong>LIMITATIONS:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The authors did not list any study limitations.<\/p>\n<h2>Business News <strong>DISCLOSURES:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The study did not receive any funding. The authors reported having no relevant conflicts of interest.<\/p>\n<p><em>This article was created using several editorial tools, including AI, as part of the process. Human editors reviewed this content before publication.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.medscape.com\/viewarticle\/diversity-dermatology-training-programs-improves-gaps-remain-2025a1000chn\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><br \/>\n Bong Noren<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TOPLINE: Dermatology residency programs saw modest gains in racial and ethnic diversity from 2020 to 2024, but underrepresented groups remain disproportionately low compared with their share of the US population. METHODOLOGY: Researchers analyzed national data on dermatology residents from the Association of American Medical Colleges from 2020 to 2024. They evaluated racial and ethnic representation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":849600,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3153,41139,35067],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-849599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-diversity","category-dermatology","category-heath"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=849599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849599\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/849600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=849599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=849599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=849599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}