Open AccessDiversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging in Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship Training
Author(s) -
Ingabire Grace Balinda,
Nosheen Reza
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
methodist debakey cardiovascular journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1947-6094
pISSN - 1947-6108
DOI - 10.14797/mdcvj.1080
Subject(s) - workforce , medicine , diversity (politics) , underrepresented minority , equity (law) , health care , health equity , inclusion (mineral) , workforce diversity , family medicine , medical education , cardiology , gerontology , nursing , public health , economic growth , political science , psychology , law , economics , social psychology
Diversity in the healthcare workforce enhances access to care, reduces health disparities, and improves quality of care for underserved populations. Yet there is a paucity of women and underrepresented minority physicians in cardiology training programs, and progress toward achieving a diverse cardiology workforce has been slow. Here we review the merits of diversity in health care, the current landscape of the cardiology workforce, barriers to increasing the proportion of women and underrepresented minority cardiologists, and specific strategies that have been proposed to sustain and enhance diversity in cardiology training programs.