UPC: 9783030332662 | Succeeding in Academic Medicine: A Roadmap for Diverse Medical Students and Residents (Paperback)

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This first-of-its-kind book for underrepresented racial and ethnic minorities (URM) women and sexual and gender minorities in medicine offers the core knowledge and skills needed to achieve a well-planned fulfilling career in academic medicine. The knowledge and skills provided by the esteemed co-authors successful diverse pre-faculty and junior and senior academicians are complemented by their inspirational and motivational stories. Increasing diversity in the academic medicine workforce has been identified and embraced as a core value of institutional excellence at nearly all academic institutions and professional associations. Despite this established core value certain groups such as Black/African-American Latino/Hispanic American Indian/Alaska Native-identified individuals women and sexual and gender minorities are still present in lower proportions compared with the general population and lack inclusion. In 12 chapters and with a unique focus on a practical approach to increasing diversity and inclusion in academic medicine this book demystifies the often-insular world of academic medicine. It comprehensively outlines career opportunities and associated responsibilities how to transform academic-related work to scholarship and offers a clear and transparent look into the academic appointment and promotion process. By focusing on the practical steps described in this handy book students and residents can develop a strong foundation for an academic medicine career and succeed in becoming the next generation of diverse faculty and administrators.