Diversity And Inclusion

While endoscopic-related injuries are common among physicians in gastroenterology, men and women report differences in injury sites and contributing mechanisms, according to a recent study. It was the top story in gastroenterology last week.

Diversity and inclusion in the science and health care workforce remain low, and endocrinology is no exception.

Despite increased attention and efforts focused on diversifying the U.S. health care workforce, little progress has been made over the past 2 decades. Blind hiring practices, successfully used in other industries, could be adapted to increase diversity in the health care workforce pipeline. Such practices would be expected to address two persistent barriers to health care workforce diversity: implicit bias and systemic bias.

Racial/ethnic disparities are prevalent in today’s familial hypercholesterolemia research, and care and equitable representation is urgently needed, according to a perspective published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes.

The AGA announced the recipients of its 2021 recognition prizes given annually to physicians who have made outstanding contributions and achievements in the field of gastroenterology.

In this episode, infectious disease expert Jasmine Marcelin, MD, FACP, shares her journey into the field, and we discuss the need to address racial disparities in health care and how to approach vaccine hesitancy in minority communities.

Rachel Solnick, MD, MSc, is an emergency medicine physician and health services researcher. In this episode, we discuss her journey into public policy, how to navigate misinformation on social media and why doctors should be policy advocates.

Diversity and inclusion in the workplace, in a profession or in any setting for that matter are complex and challenging subjects to discuss. With some hesitation, I will share a few personal thoughts.

The influence of race and racism in ophthalmology is evident in the numbers.

During the downtime of the coronavirus pandemic, all eyes have been focused on the media.