Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion on Editorial Boards of Medical Student Journals

Ensuring diversity within the healthcare sector is essential for improving team dynamics and ultimately patient outcomes. Diversity among medical students is fundamental to embody this philosophy. With the demand for diversity in the admissions process gaining traction, the authors expanded this con...

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Published in:Asian bioethics review 2024-10, Vol.16 (4), p.545-562
Main Authors: Manan, Muhammad Romail, Nawaz, Iqra, Komer, Leah, Salam, Areeba, Chiruţă, Ioana Iustina, Abidin, Zain Ul
Format: Article
Language:English
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Bioethics
Biomedicine
Diversity equity & inclusion
Education
Ethics
Gender
Health Administration
Industrialized nations
Medical Law
Medical students
Original Paper
Philosophy
Public Health
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Summary:Ensuring diversity within the healthcare sector is essential for improving team dynamics and ultimately patient outcomes. Diversity among medical students is fundamental to embody this philosophy. With the demand for diversity in the admissions process gaining traction, the authors expanded this conversation to the editorial boards (EBs) of Medical Student Journals (MSJs). The authors designed a cross-sectional study to evaluate the diversity status of EBs of MSJs under gender, geographic, and socioeconomic parameters using the Journal Diversity Index (JDI). Relevant information regarding the journal characteristics and the editorial board members (EBMs) of systematically screened journals was sequentially extracted along with job roles, which were later categorized into eight categories. Chi-squared test was applied to study the association between gender of the editor and the global distribution of the journal. Out of 22 included journals, 90.9% were published by institutions based in high-income countries (HICs). On regional analysis, none of the journals originated from “South Asia,” “Latin America and the Caribbean,” and “Middle East and North Africa”. Disparity in gender representation of EBMs became more prominent in senior roles. Additionally, 78.8% EBMs belonged to HICs. Regional analysis of EBMs revealed 83% belonging to the Global North. This disparity was seen across all editorial job roles. A greater disparity was seen among editors from the Global South with men comprising 66.4% of the total editors ( p
ISSN:1793-8759
1793-9453
1793-9453
DOI:10.1007/s41649-024-00297-2