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. 2020 Jun 26;5(3):e20.00009. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.OA.20.00009

TABLE XI.

Change in the Percent of URM Residents Between 2005 and 2017 are Shown in the First 2 Columns, Respectively

Department % URM Residents 2005 % URM Residents 2017 Change in URM Residents Change in URM Faculty ∆Faculty − ∆Residents
Pub Health Prevent Med 15.2 24.6 9.4 6.1 −3.3
Emergency Medicine 9.8 12.4 2.6 0.2 −2.4
Otolaryngology 6.7 7.9 1.2 2.1 −1.8
Pathology (Clinical) 9.4 12.7 3.3 1.5 −1.8
Radiology 7.4 9.3 1.8 0.0 −1.8
Surgery 12.1 14.0 2.0 0.8 −1.2
Anesthesiology 10.9 12.6 1.7 0.7 −1.1
Orthopaedic Surgery 7.7 9.8 2.1 1.1 −1.0
Dermatology 8.9 9.9 0.9 0.2 −0.7
Ophthalmology 8.2 8.1 −0.1 −0.4 −0.3
Family Practice 16.5 17.2 0.7 0.8 +0.1
Psychiatry 14.6 16.2 1.6 1.7 +0.1
Internal Medicine 12.3 13.4 1.1 1.5 +0.4
Neurology 10.4 11.9 1.5 1.8 +0.3
Obstetrics & Gynecology 19.4 19.2 −0.2 2.4 +2.6
Pediatrics 14.9 15.0 0.1 1.3 +1.1
PM&R 15.2 13.5 −1.7 1.9 +3.5

The change in URM faculty during the same time is compared to the change in residents. The difference between the 2 illustrates the rate at which URM faculty members are added to the specialty in comparison to those residents entering the specialty. The specialties are ranked by the difference seen between the faculty and resident representation (lowest to the highest).