Cardio-oncology & otherCross-sectional study
Recruiting a Diverse Cardiology Physician Workforce
- Cross-sectional study
- ACGME publicly available data
- 2008–2022
Authors' conclusion
In this study, the representation of women in cardiovascular fellowships, including interventional cardiology, increased over recent years.
Study context
- Population
- All residents, internal medicine and general surgery residents, and fellows in CV disease and CV subspecialty fellowships (ACGME data, 2008–2022)3,320 CV disease trainees in 2022
- Exposure
- Cardiovascular disease vs Interventional cardiology vs Internal medicine vs General surgery
- Cardiovascular diseasen = 3,320
- Outcome
- Percentages of women and Black and Hispanic trainees per year; trend by Mann-Kendall tests
- Follow-up
- 2008 to 2022
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Representation in 2022 · 2022
| Group | Women | Black or Hispanic |
|---|---|---|
| Cardiovascular disease | 848 (25.5%) | 459 (13.8%) |
| Internal medicine | 43.8% | 15.6% |
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Trend in % women trainees · 2008 to 2022
- Cardiovascular disease: increased from 17.6% in 2008
- P = 0.001
- Interventional cardiology: 6.3% to 20.1%
- P = 0.002
- General surgery: 27.4% to 45.2%
- P < 0.001
- Mann-Kendall time trend
Trend in % Black and Hispanic trainees · 2012 to 2022
- Internal medicine: increased from 8.6% in 2012
- P < 0.001
- General surgery: 9.7% to 16.1% (not significant)
- P = 0.35
- Cardiovascular disease: increased from 8.3% in 2012
- P = 0.09
- Interventional cardiology: 3.8% to 13.4%
- P = 0.12
- Mann-Kendall time trend
Original publication
Recruiting a Diverse Cardiology Physician Workforce. JAMA Cardiol. Published 1 March 2024. doi:10.1001/jamacardio.2023.5324
Summarised from the published abstract; every number is checked against it