Cataloging formal medical student surgical funding opportunities: A retrospective characterization

Andrew Wang, MAS; Keshav Goel, BS; Nathan A. Shlobin, BA; Timothy Liu, BS; Mandy Liou, BA; Jasmine A. Thum, MD, MS; Oscar J. Hines, MD; Langston T. Holly, MD

Surgery Open Science (Dec 2023)

Cataloging formal medical student surgical funding opportunities: A retrospective characterization

Andrew Wang, MAS,
Keshav Goel, BS,
Nathan A. Shlobin, BA,
Timothy Liu, BS,
Mandy Liou, BA,
Jasmine A. Thum, MD, MS,
Oscar J. Hines, MD,
Langston T. Holly, MD

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Andrew Wang, MAS: David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America; College of Medicine, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America; Corresponding author at: 885 Tiverton Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90095, United States of America.
Keshav Goel, BS: David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America
Nathan A. Shlobin, BA: Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States of America
Timothy Liu, BS: David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America; Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America
Mandy Liou, BA: College of Optometry, Marshall B. Ketchum University, Fullerton, CA, United States of America
Jasmine A. Thum, MD, MS: David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America; Department of Neurosurgery, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America
Oscar J. Hines, MD: David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America; Department of General Surgery, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America
Langston T. Holly, MD: David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America; Department of Neurosurgery, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 16
pp. 244 – 247

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Representation of female surgical residents has slowly increased, but underrepresented in medicine (URiM) representation remains disappointingly low. National residency matching reports suggest that meaningful research experience improves surgical residency match success - therefore, formal funding opportunities and early mentorship for URiM medical students. In this study, we catalog medical student (MS) funding opportunities (funding type, eligibility by year, mission, compensation, length of commitment, number of awardees, and dollar investment amount per student) from 7 surgical departments (general surgery, thoracic surgery, vascular surgery, plastic surgery, otorhinolaryngology, orthopedic surgery, neurosurgery) within 196 US medical schools and 20 professional surgical educational organizations through manually searching web pages. We recorded 146 surgical funding opportunities from medical school surgical departments and 16 surgical funding opportunities from professional organizations. Overall, we find that medical institutions' surgical departments and professional surgical educational organizations may not be effectively utilizing recruitment strategies in MS funding opportunities.

Published in Surgery Open Science

ISSN: 2589-8450 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Surgery
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/surgery-open-science/

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