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White male physicians are less likely to getting hired for entry-level positions, according to a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
However, the authors argue the” culture and practices surrounding faculty appointments and promotions” needs to be” transform]ed ]” – to support women and racial minorities.
According to a review of faculty visits since 2000,” [a]ll racial and ethnic groups of both female and male sex had a lower probability of advertising compared with White people, with the exception of Asian people.”
As the authors have pointed out, the research lacked information on “research productivity,” including the receipt of grants and published documents, as well as” the choice of doctors to pursue an educational job.”
” For campaign and session, these studies indicate that efforts to ensure equitable progress should take into consideration how discrimination may be introduced, and how it might be addressed, at each stage of review”, the authors concluded.
However, their papers found” Black men…were more likely to be appointed as section chair…than White people”.
The authors came to the conclusion that there are cultural issues at play despite the fact that white men are less likely to hold entry-level positions and hold office chairs.
These findings point to a trend toward preferential development of White males in scientific medicine in the new millennium, with racial and ethnically diverse women receiving more underpromotion, according to the” conclusions and importance” area.
This research suggests that scientific medicine needs to change its traditions and practices surrounding university appointments and promotions in order to create a workplace that reflects the richness of the US people.
In the last three months, all three co-authors have been unable to respond to various requests for comment.
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On Jan. 7 and Jan. 15, Dr. Lauren Clark, Dr. Elena Sheringa, and Dr. Taniesha Scheuerman were each asked via email how their findings regarding possible prejudice against white people fit into their opinions and how their lack of control factors impede the conclusions they drew from their research.
The University of Kansas Medical Center, where Clark and Schuereman function, said they would not respond to the inquiries.
However, a Do No Harm analysis professional wrote a critical email to The Fix about the study.
Ian Kingsbury said” there is a double standard in how they]the paper’s authors ] make sense of disparities”.
For instance, he wrote that” white men’s higher probability of being promoted is cited as evidence of prejudice but their lower probability of being hired into entry-level educational opportunities is never.”
Kingsbury, the director of research for the health reform group, even criticized the base of the study, which is that black children have higher survival rates with black doctors. This state has been immediately addressed by Do No Harm.
Researchers have refuted the assertion, including after Justice Ketanji Jackson incorrectly cited it in a protest in the affirmative activity ruling in 2023.
Kingsbury said the lack of critical control variables, like “research productivity”, limits the article’s conclusions, saying” white doctors face significantly higher admissions standards to medical school than do dark or Spanish doctors, so it wouldn’t be surprising if it turns out they are, on average, more effective researchers”.
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