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- Title
Evaluating the Diversity of Emergency Medicine Foundation (EMF) Grant Recipients in the Last Decade.
- Authors
Gordon, Richard D.; Kwon, Nancy S.; Levy, Phillip D.; Madsen, Tracy E.; Greenberg, Marna Rayl
- Abstract
Introduction: To study diversity of researchers and barriers to success among Emergency Medicine Foundation (EMF) grant recipients in the last 10 years. Methods: EMF grant awardees were approached to complete a brief survey, which included demographics, queries related to contributions to the literature, success in obtaining grants, and any perceived barriers they encountered. Results: Of the 342 researchers contacted by email, a total of 147 completed the survey for a response rate of 43%. The respondents were predominately mid to late career white-malehetero-sexual-Christian with an average age of 44 years (range 25-69 years of age). With regards to training and education, the majority of respondents (50%) were either Associate or Professor clinical rank (8% instructor/resident/fellow and 31% Assistant). Sixty-two percent of the respondents reported perceived barriers to career advancement since completion of residency. The largest perceived barrier to success was medical specialty (26%), followed by gender (21%) and age (16%). Conclusion: Our survey of EMF grant recipients in the last 10 years shows a considerable lack of diversity. The most commonly perceived barriers to career advancement by this cohort were medical specialty, gender, and age. An opportunity exists for further definition of barriers and development of mechanisms to overcome them, with a goal of increased success for those that are underrepresented.
- Subjects
AGE distribution; ASSOCIATIONS, institutions, etc.; EMERGENCY medicine; ENDOWMENT of research; LONGITUDINAL method; MEDICAL specialties &; specialists; CULTURAL pluralism; SEX distribution; SUCCESS; SURVEYS; VOCATIONAL guidance; EMAIL; EDUCATIONAL attainment; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
Western Journal of Emergency Medicine: Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health, 2020, Vol 21, Issue 3, p595
- ISSN
1936-900X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5811/westjem.2020.2.46497