Workforce Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: A Crucial Component of Professionalism in Psychiatry

Howard Y Liu; Allison R Larson; Sheritta A Strong; Ranna Parekh; Mamta Gautam; Laura E Flores; Julie K Silver

doi:10.1016/j.chc.2023.06.003

Workforce Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: A Crucial Component of Professionalism in Psychiatry

Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am. 2024 Jan;33(1):17-32. doi: 10.1016/j.chc.2023.06.003.

Authors

Howard Y Liu¹, Allison R Larson², Sheritta A Strong³, Ranna Parekh⁴, Mamta Gautam⁵, Laura E Flores⁶, Julie K Silver⁷

Affiliations

¹ University of Nebraska Medical Center, 985578 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-5578, USA. Electronic address: hyliu@unmc.edu.
² Georgetown University, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, 5530 Wisconsin Ave, Suite 660, Chevy Chase, MD 20815, USA.
³ University of Nebraska Medical Center, 985578 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-5578, USA.
⁴ The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
⁵ Psychosocial Oncology Program, The Ottawa Hospital Cancer Center, TOH General Campus, 501 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON K1H 8L6, Canada.
⁶ College of Allied Health Professions, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 984035 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-4035, USA.
⁷ Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114 USA.

PMID: 37981333
DOI: 10.1016/j.chc.2023.06.003

Abstract

Documented disparities have profoundly impacted the training and careers of physicians from socially and historically marginalized groups, including women, people with disabilities, people who identify with racial and ethnic minority groups, and the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer or questioning+ community. Professionalism is a core component of medical training and practice, yet a focus on workforce diversity, equity, and inclusion is often absent. This report aims to encourage the adoption of workforce diversity, equity, and inclusion as a crucial component of professionalism, with an emphasis on the field of psychiatry.

Keywords: Medical education; Medical professionalism; Professionalism; Psychiatry; Workforce disparities.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Ethnicity
Female
Humans
Minority Groups
Professionalism*
Psychiatry*
Workforce