Sexual Orientation Diversity and Specialty Choice Among Graduating Allopathic Medical Students in the United States

Westley S Mori; Yi Gao; Eleni Linos; Mitchell R Lunn; Juno Obedin-Maliver; Howa Yeung; Matthew D Mansh

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.26983

Sexual Orientation Diversity and Specialty Choice Among Graduating Allopathic Medical Students in the United States

JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Sep 1;4(9):e2126983. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.26983.

Authors

Westley S Mori¹, Yi Gao¹, Eleni Linos², Mitchell R Lunn^{3

4}, Juno Obedin-Maliver^{4

5}, Howa Yeung⁶, Matthew D Mansh¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Dermatology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis.
² Department of Dermatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California.
³ Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California.
⁴ Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California.
⁵ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California.
⁶ Department of Dermatology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.

Abstract

This survey study examines the prevalence of gay, lesbian, or bisexual individuals among graduating allopathic medical students by specialty choice in the US.

MeSH terms

Adult
Career Choice
Female
Humans
Male
Medicine / statistics & numerical data*
Sexual and Gender Minorities / statistics & numerical data*
Students, Medical / statistics & numerical data*
Surveys and Questionnaires
United States
Young Adult

Grants and funding

K24 AR075060/AR/NIAMS NIH HHS/United States