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Current Target (+15%) Stretch (+20%) Department chairs (ADFM), n = 161, No. (%) Female 48 (30) 55 (34) 58 (36) Hispanic or Latino 5 (3) 6 (4) 6 (4) American Indian or Alaska Native 1 (1) 1 (1) 1 (1) Black or African American 20 (12) 23 (14) 24 (15) Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander 0 (0) 1 (1)a 1 (1)a Program directors (AFMRD), n = 593, No. (%) Female 246 (42) 283 (48) 295 (50) Hispanic or Latino 30 (5) 35 (6) 36 (6) American Indian or Alaska Native 4 (1) 5 (1) 5 (1) Black or African American 30 (5) 35 (6) 36 (6) Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander 3 (0.5) 3 (1) 4 (1) Associate program directors (AFMRD), n = 304, No. (%) Female 175 (58) 201 (66) 210 (69) Hispanic or Latino 17 (6) 20 (6) 20 (7) American Indian or Alaska Native 2 (1) 2 (1) 2 (1) Black or African American 9 (3) 10 (3) 11 (4) Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander 0 (0) 1 (0)a 1 (0)a Medical student education directors (STFM), n = 193, No. (%) Female 118 (61) 136 (70) 142 (73) Hispanic or Latino 10 (5) 12 (6) 12 (6) American Indian or Alaska Native 1 (0) 1 (1) 1 (1) Black or African American 12 (6) 14 (7) 14 (8) Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander 1 (0.5) 1 (1) 1 (1) Research leadersb (NAPCRG), n = 307, No. (%) Female 142 (46) 163 (53) 170 (56) Hispanic or Latino 7 (2) 8 (3) 8 (3) American Indian or Alaska Native 1 (0) 1 (0) 1 (0) Black or African American 6 (2) 7 (2) 7 (2) Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander 0 (0) 1 (0)a 1 (0)a aWhere there were 0 individuals in a current category, we estimated the goals by increasing to what 1 individual would look like.
bNAPCRG does not have a field to designate research director role. For this count, research leaders were defined as those who were in the United States; indicated they were an “experienced” researcher; were a principal investigator (PI); and were not a fellow, grad student, resident, student, or patient/community member.
Current 2020 AAMC Data on Faculty in DFMsa Target To Match by 2025 (2020 AAMC Matriculant Data)b Stretch To Match by 2030 (2020 US Census Data)c Female, % 53 52 51 Hispanic or Latino, % 7 10 19 American Indian or Alaska Native, % 0 1 3 Black or African American, % 6 8 14 Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander, % 0 0 .5 aCalculated from Table 16 at https://www.aamc.org/data-reports/faculty-institutions/interactive-data/2020-us-medical-school-faculty. Only single-race categories quantified (no information provided on those who chose multiple races); Hispanic or Latino includes those who selected only Hispanic or Latino and those who selected Hispanic or Latino and another category.
bCalculated from 2019-2020 matriculants in Table A-9 at https://www.aamc.org/data-reports/students-residents/interactive-data/2021-facts-applicants-and-matriculants-data. Given that individuals could select multiple races, anyone who selected more than one of the underrepresented races included in the table is counted for each of those.
cCalculated from the 2020 Decennial Census, data at https://data.census.gov/.