Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging in Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship Training

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 cardi...

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Main Authors: Ingabire Grace Balinda, Nosheen Reza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center 2022-06-01
Series:Methodist DeBakey Cardiovascular Journal
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Online Access:https://account.journal.houstonmethodist.org/index.php/up-j-mdbcj/article/view/1080
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description 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. Editor's Note: View a video interview with Dr. Reza discussing key concepts in her article: https://youtu.be/duS4heXXlm8
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spelling doaj-art-14a66fec638541c8bf0436ec31a9784e2025-08-20T03:47:06ZengHouston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular CenterMethodist DeBakey Cardiovascular Journal1947-61082022-06-01183677710.14797/mdcvj.1080222Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging in Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship TrainingIngabire Grace Balinda0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7632-4974Nosheen Reza1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2942-3731Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaPerelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaDiversity 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. Editor's Note: View a video interview with Dr. Reza discussing key concepts in her article: https://youtu.be/duS4heXXlm8https://account.journal.houstonmethodist.org/index.php/up-j-mdbcj/article/view/1080diversityequityinclusioncardiologytrainingeducationdisparities
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title Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging in Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship Training
title_full Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging in Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship Training
title_fullStr Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging in Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship Training
title_full_unstemmed Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging in Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship Training
title_short Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging in Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship Training
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url https://account.journal.houstonmethodist.org/index.php/up-j-mdbcj/article/view/1080
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