Rising Black voices in urology — the next generation

Factors that influence treatment decisions: A qualitative study of racially and ethnically diverse patients with low‐ and very‐low risk prostate cancer

“…Additionally, though very limited research has been done on Asian Americans' experiences with PCa, our findings regarding the stigma surrounding cancer and difficulty discussing these issues are consistent with prior studies exploring Chinese American immigrants experiences with breast cancer 45 . Second, as mentioned by both Black and Asian American patients in this study, physician‐patient racial and ethnic concordance provided confidence in patients's bc2021, Black representation in the U.S. urology workforce only made up approximately 2% of the urologists in the nation compared with approximately 14% of the U.S. population – thus, medical schools and hospitals should implement programs designed to diversify the urologist workforce 46,47 . In addition, medical education must strive toward including training on how social, historical, and political structures influence health and produce inequality 48–50 …”

“…45 Second, as mentioned by both Black and Asian American patients in this study, physician-patient racial and ethnic concordance provided confidence in patients's bc2021, Black representation in the U.S. urology workforce only made up approximately 2% of the urologists in the nation compared with approximately 14% of the U.S. population -thus, medical schools and hospitals should implement programs designed to diversify the urologist workforce. 46,47 In addition, medical education must strive toward including training on how social, historical, and political structures influence health and produce inequality. [48][49][50] There are several limitations to this study.…”

Racial and Ethnic Differences in Medical Student Timing and Perceived Quality of Exposure to Urology

“…A cohort of Black urology applicants from the 2020-2021 urology match cycle published a viewpoint article offering ways to expose URiM students to urology. 23 These methods included urology departments recognizing paucity of URiM urologists, valuing workforce diversity, engaging URiM undergraduate and K12 student organizations (e.g. Minority Association of Pre-Medical Students), establishing strong longitudinal mentorship, providing access to race-concordant mentorship, creating early structured research programs, and expanding recruitment and retention of URiM urologists in academia and in urology leadership.…”