Trends in Race and Ethnicity Among Matriculants to US Oncology Training Programs, 2015-2020

JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Oct 1;4(10):e2128530. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.28530.

Authors

Jacob J Lang¹, Rochell Issa¹, Conner Lombardi¹, Emilie Garcia¹, Oluchi C Oke², Obi Ekwenna^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, Toledo, Ohio.
² Department of General Oncology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston.
³ Office of Student Affairs & Department of Urology and Transplantation, University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, Toledo, Ohio.

Abstract

This cross-sectional study assesses underrepresented minority trends across oncology specialties from 2015 to 2020.

MeSH terms

Cross-Sectional Studies
Education, Medical, Graduate / methods
Education, Medical, Graduate / statistics & numerical data
Humans
Ohio
Oncology Nursing / education*
Oncology Nursing / statistics & numerical data
Racial Groups / ethnology
Racial Groups / statistics & numerical data*
Students, Medical / statistics & numerical data*