Commentary: Awareness: The First Step to Change

The last few years have witnessed the growing awareness and need for increasing workforce diversity within the field of cardiothoracic surgery. Lack of exposure to the field of cardiothoracic surgery has been identified as a major barrier to the diversification of the field.1 In this regard Martin and colleagues conducted a survey among the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) program directors to measure the awareness and utilization of underrepresented in medicine visiting medical student clerkship programs (UIM-VMSCPs).
Source: Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery - Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Tags: ADULT – Commentary Source Type: research