Journal article
Ensuring Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Academic Surgery An American Surgical Association White Paper
Annals of surgery, Vol.268(3), pp.403-407
09/01/2018
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000002937
PMID: 30004923
Abstract
Objective: The leadership of the American Surgical Association (ASA) appointed a Task Force to objectively address issues related to equity, diversity, and inclusion with the discipline of academic surgery.
Summary of Background Data: Surgeons and the discipline of surgery, particularly academic surgery, have a tradition of leadership both in medicine and society. Currently, we are being challenged to harness our innate curiosity, hard work, and perseverance to address the historically significant deficiencies within our field in the areas of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Methods: The ASA leadership requested members to volunteer to serve on a Task Force to comprehensively address equity, diversity, and inclusion in academic surgery. Nine work groups reviewed the current literature, performed primary qualitative interviews, and distilled available guidelines and published primary source materials. A work product was created and published on the ASA Website and made available to the public. The full work product was summarized into this White Paper.
Results: The ASA has produced a handbook entitled: Ensuring Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Academic Surgery, which identifies issues and challenges, and develops a set of solutions and benchmarks to aid the academic surgical community in achieving these goals.
Conclusion: Surgery must identify areas for improvement and work iteratively to address and correct past deficiencies. This requires honest and ongoing identification and correction of implicit and explicit biases. Increasing diversity in our departments, residencies, and universities will improve patient care, enhance productivity, augment community connections, and achieve our most fundamental ambitiondoing good for our patients.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Ensuring Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Academic Surgery An American Surgical Association White Paper
- Creators
- Michaela A. West - University of MinnesotaShelley Hwang - Duke UniversityRonald V. Maier - Univ Washington, Dept Surg, Seattle, WA 98195 USANita Ahuja - Yale School of MedicinePeter Angelos - Univ Chicago, Dept Surg, 5841 S Maryland Ave, Chicago, IL 60637 USABarbara L. Bass - Methodist Hosp, Dept Surg, Houston, TX USAKaren J. Brasel - Univ Oregon Hlth Sci Univ, Dept Surg, Portland, OR USAHerbert Chen - Univ Alabama Birmingham, Dept Surg, Birmingham, AL 35294 USAKimberly A. Davis - Yale School of MedicineTimothy J. Eberlein - Washington University in St. LouisYuman Fong - City Hope Canc Ctr, Dept Surg, Duarte, CA USACaprice C. Greenberg - Univ Wisconsin, Dept Surg, Madison, WI USAKeith D. Lillemoe - Massachusetts Gen Hosp, Dept Surg, Boston, MA 02114 USAMary C. McCarthy - Wright State UniversityFabrizio Michelassi - Weill Cornell Med Coll, Dept Surg, New York, NY USAPatricia J. Numann - Upstate Med Univ, Dept Surg, Syracuse, NY USASareh Parangi - Massachusetts Gen Hosp, Dept Surg, Boston, MA 02114 USAJorge D. Reyes - Univ Washington, Dept Surg, Seattle, WA 98195 USAHilary A. Sanfey - Southern Illinois Univ, Dept Surg, Springfield, IL USASteven C. Stain - Albany Med Coll, Dept Surg, Albany, NY 12208 USARonald J. Weigel - Univ Iowa, Iowa City, IA USASherry M. Wren - Stanford University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Annals of surgery, Vol.268(3), pp.403-407
- DOI
- 10.1097/SLA.0000000000002937
- PMID
- 30004923
- NLM abbreviation
- Ann Surg
- ISSN
- 0003-4932
- eISSN
- 1528-1140
- Publisher
- Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
- Number of pages
- 5
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/01/2018
- Academic Unit
- Molecular Physiology and Biophysics; Anatomy and Cell Biology; Surgery; Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Record Identifier
- 9984284346102771
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