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Clinical Research Coordinator
Academic Rank
Staff/Research Assistant
Department
Psychiatry
Authors
Annabella C. Boardman, BA, Emma P. Keane, BA, Daniel Weber, BA, Andres Ramirez Gamero, MD, Michelle Guo, MD, Hermioni L. Amonoo, MD, MPP
Principal Investigator
Hermioni L. Amonoo, MD, MPP
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There is an increasing need to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in continuing medical education (CME). Professional organizations’ annual meeting programming, an instrumental source of CME, can provide insights into the institutional priorities of the organization and its members. We assessed DEI content in the annual meeting programming of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry (ACLP), the primary professional organization for Consultation-Liaison psychiatrists. We examined publicly available ACLP annual meeting content titles, including posters, presentations, and general sessions, from 2011 to 2021. National leaders from ACLP’s DEI subcommittee generated keywords that broadly covered DEI-related themes. Two individuals independently coded titles. Of the 2578 titles analyzed, 2494 did not contain DEI themes. Three percent (n=84) of titles contained DEI themes as follows: Culture/Diversity (n=20, 24%), Bias/Disparities (n=17, 20%), Race/Racism (n=17, 20%), Social Justice (n=12, 14%), Gender/Sexism (n=10, 12%), or LGBTQ+ (n=8, 10%). The frequency of DEI titles each year ranged from 1% (2018) to 17% (2021) with no specific trends, other than an increase in 2021. Although professional organizations like the ACLP are poised to leverage their CME platforms to train physicians on DEI topics, our findings suggest more work is needed to develop and promote DEI-focused educational programming.
There is a pressing need to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) through continuing medical education (CME). Annual meeting programming for physician professional organizations reveals the priorities of the organization and its members, who earn CME and advance their careers through meeting participation. We assessed the annual meeting content of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry (ACLP), an organization for Consultation-Liaison Psychiatrists, for DEI themes. We examined titles of annual meeting content, including posters, presentations, and general sessions, from 2011 to 2021. National DEI leaders from the ACLP generated keywords that broadly covered DEI-related themes. Two individuals independently assessed titles for the presence of keywords. Of the 2578 titles analyzed, 2494 did not contain DEI themes. Three percent (n=84) of titles contained a DEI theme as follows: Culture/Diversity (n=20, 24%), Bias/Disparities (n=17, 20%), Race/Racism (n=17, 20%), Social Justice (n=12, 14%), Gender/Sexism (n=10, 12%), or LGBTQ+ (n=8, 10%). The percentage of DEI-related titles ranged from 1% (2018) to 17% (2021). The percentage of DEI-related content remained stable, except for the increase in 2021. Professional medical organizations like ACLP have the capacity to train physicians on DEI topics, but our findings suggest more work is needed to develop and promote DEI-focused educational programming.
