Minority Barriers to Professional Advancement in Anesthesia
Tufts Medical Center
Summary
The investigators aim to survey members of the ASA (medical students, residents, and attendings) who self-identify as minorities to assess if there are systemic barriers to minorities pursuing leadership positions. The investigators hypothesize that structural issues such as a lack of formalized mentoring programs play a role in reduced minority professional advancement.
Description
Within the American Society of Anesthesiology (ASA) underrepresented minorities comprise only 6.0% of leadership. Within the ASA, women additionally only hold 21% of House of Delegates and state society officer positions, while comprising 38% of the national anesthesiology workforce. The investigators will be using a survey via SurveyMonkey with potential for an opt-in phone or Zoom interview via the interviewee using the contact information at the bottom of the SurveyMonkey. The questions for the Survey Monkey are below. The investigators will use the Tufts HIPAA-compliant Zoom account for a…
Eligibility
- Age range
- 25–75 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria: * Members of ASA, medical students, residents, attending anesthesiologists, self-identifying as minorities Exclusion Criteria: * Non-ASA members
Interventions
- OtherSurvey
Survey
Location
- Iwona BonneyBoston, Massachusetts