A Review of Online Search Tools to Identify Funded Dermatology Away Rotations for Underrepresented Medical Students.

IF 2.7 4区医学 Q3 DERMATOLOGY

Cutis Pub Date : 2025-04-01 DOI:10.12788/cutis.1196

Jayson Suriano, Christina Huang, Ruyof Alhussein, Michael Sangobiyi, Sherry Yang

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Abstract

Almost all medical students applying to dermatology residency will participate in an away rotation at an outside institution. In this study, we investigated the available search tools created to find rotations that cover costs for underrepresented in medicine (URiM) students and compared them to Google's search results and official program sites to elucidate their utility. A cross-sectional analysis of the Visiting Student Learning Opportunities (VSLO) Visiting Scholars Resources Database and the Funded Away Rotations for Minority Medical Students (FARMS) database was conducted for all programs with the term dermatology under the specialty column and listings tagged for dermatology. We also conducted a Google search by institution name using the phrase underrepresented in medicine dermatology away rotation. All queries were performed from October 24 to October 26, 2024. Our results suggest that the current search databases do not list most of the already limited funded rotation opportunities available for URiM students. Our findings emphasize a need for a centralized, comprehensive, and well-organized database to improve equity of opportunity in the dermatology rotation application search process and further diversify the specialty.

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在线搜索工具的回顾，以确定资助皮肤病学轮转为代表性不足的医学生。

几乎所有申请皮肤科住院医师的医学生都将在外部机构参加巡回轮转。在这项研究中，我们调查了现有的搜索工具，这些搜索工具用于寻找覆盖医学代表性不足（URiM）学生费用的轮转，并将它们与谷歌的搜索结果和官方项目网站进行比较，以阐明它们的效用。对访问学生学习机会（VSLO）访问学者资源数据库和资助的少数族裔医学生轮转（FARMS）数据库进行了横断面分析，对专业栏下标记为皮肤病的所有项目进行了研究。我们还使用医学皮肤病学轮转中代表性不足的短语进行了机构名称谷歌搜索。所有查询均在2024年10月24日至10月26日进行。我们的研究结果表明，目前的搜索数据库并没有列出URiM学生可以获得的大多数有限的资助轮转机会。我们的研究结果强调需要一个集中、全面、组织良好的数据库，以提高皮肤科轮转申请搜索过程中的机会公平性，并进一步使专业多样化。

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Cutis 医学-皮肤病学

CiteScore

1.10

自引率

0.00%

发文量

191

审稿时长

6-12 weeks

期刊介绍： Published since 1965, Cutis is a peer-reviewed clinical journal for the dermatologist, allergist, and general practitioner. The journal is published monthly and focuses on concise clinical articles that present the practical side of dermatology. Referenced in Index Medicus/MEDLINE, it is respected and enjoyed by both specialists and derm-active generalists, enabling its readers to get what they need quickly and efficiently. Furthermore, Cutis is read by more physicians actively involved in the day-to-day treatment of dermatologic conditions than any other dermatology publication. Covering a broad range of pertinent and timely topics, Cutis is written and edited by industry leaders. For information on article submissions, please see our Information for Authors.