Article Figures & Data
Figures
- Figure 1 Percentages of Female vs Male Respondents at Each Level of Academic Position in Medicine
PD = program director.
- Figure 2 Percentages of White vs a Cumulative “Non-White” of Respondents at Each Level of Academic Position in Medicine
PD = program director.
- Figure 3 Number of Neurology Residency PDs Identifying as a Specific Race Stratified by Gender
PD = program director.
- Figure 4 Number of Neurology Fellowship PDs Identifying as a Specific Race Stratified by Gender
PD = program director.
Tables
- Table 1
Gender and Race of Current Medical Students, Neurology Residents, Neurology Program Directors and All Residency Program Directors
Medical students (n = 94,243), n (%) Neurology residents (n = 3,062), n (%) Neurology residency program directors (n = 164), n (%) Neurology fellowship program directors (n = 336), n (%) All residency program directors (n = 5,295), n (%) Gender Female 48,530 (51.5) 1,381 (45.1) 65 (39.6) 132 (39.3) 1,865 (35.2) Male 45,675 (48.5) 1,634 (53.4) 93 (56.7) 93 (58) 3,179 (60.0) Nonbinary a 0 (0) a a a Unknown 38 (0.04) 47 (1.5) 6 (3.7) 9 (2.7) 251 (4.7) Race White 45,738 (48.5) 1,295 (42.3) 85 (51.8) 150 (44.6) 3,017 (57.0) Black 7,126 (7.6) 127 (4.1) 7 (4.3) 0 (0.0) 196 (3.7) Hispanic 6,295 (6.7) 199 (6.5) 6 (3.7) 17 (5.1) 154 (2.9) Asian/Pacific Islander 21,586 (22.9) 687 (22.4) 25 (15.2) 79 (23.5) 656 (12.4) American Indian or Alaska native 183 (0.2) a a a a Multiple/other 11,083 (11.8) 271 (8.9) 8 (4.9) 30 (8.9) 161 (3.0) Unknown 2,232 (2.4) 483 (15.8) 33 (20.1) 60 (17.9) 1,092 (20.6) Abbreviation: AAMC = Association of American Medical Colleges.
Demographic information on current medical students was obtained from the AAMC for the academic year of 2020–2021.13 Demographic information on current neurology residents was obtained from the AAMC for the academic year of 2019–2020.14 Data for residency and fellowship program directors were obtained from our data set, which was abstracted for the academic year 2020–2021.
↵a Survey did not include this option to participants.
- Table 2
Gender and Race of Current Neurology Fellowship Program Directors by Subspecialty for the Academic Year 2020–2021
Brain injury medicine (n = 1), n (%) Clinical neurophysiology (n = 92), n (%) Endovascular surgical neuroradiology (n = 4), n (%) Epilepsy (n = 81), n (%) Neuromuscular (n = 53), n (%) Vascular (n = 105), n (%) Gender Female 1 (100) 31 (33.7) 0 (0) 42 (43.4) 23 (43.4) 35 (33.3) Male 0 (0) 57 (62.0) 4 (100) 36 (44.4) 29 (54.7) 69 (65.7) Nonbinary a a a a a a Unknown 0 (0) 4 (4.3) 0 (0) 3 (3.7) 1 (1.9) 1 (1.0) Race White a 39 (42.4) 1 (25.0) 39 (48.1) 26 (49.1) 45 (42.9) Black a a a a a a Hispanic a 6 (6.5) 1 (25.0) 2 (2.5) 3 (5.7) 5 (4.8) Asian/Pacific Islander a 21 (22.8) 1 (25.0) 21 (25.9) 13 (24.5) 22 (21.9) American Indian or Alaska native a a a a a a Multiple/other a 7 (7.6) 1 (25.0) 4 (4.9) 6 (11.3) 12 (11.4) Unknown 1 (100) 19 (20.7) a 15 (18.5) 5 (9.4) 20 (19.0) ↵a Survey did not collect or report this option.
Name Location Contribution Morgan C. Jordan, DO Department of Neurology, Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, TX Drafting/revision of the article for content, including medical writing for content; major role in the acquisition of data; study concept or design; and analysis or interpretation of data Zahari N. Tchopev, MD, MBA Department of Neurology, Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, TX Drafting/revision of the article for content, including medical writing for content; analysis or interpretation of data Jeffrey C. McClean II, MD Department of Neurology, Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, TX Drafting/revision of the article for content, study concept or design and major role in the acquisition of data
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