A logic framework for addressing medical racism in academic medicine: an analysis of qualitative data.

Background: Despite decades of anti-racism and equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) interventions in academic medicine, medical racism continues to harm patients and healthcare providers. We sought to deeply explore experiences and beliefs about medical racism among academic clinicians to understand the drivers of persistent medical racism and to inform intervention design.

Methods: We interviewed academically-affiliated clinicians with any racial identity from the Departments of Family Medicine, Cardiac Sciences, Emergency Medicine, and Medicine to understand their experiences and perceptions of medical racism.

Determining Research Priorities With Teen and Adult Congenital Heart Disease Patients: A Mixed-Methods Study.

Background: Children with congenital heart disease (CHD) are living longer than ever before. This growing cohort of adults with CHD has high medical and psychosocial needs. Also, patients and advocacy groups are justifiably demanding that their voices be heard in all phases of clinical and health services research.

Experiences and Impacts of Harassment and Discrimination Among Women in Cardiac Medicine and Surgery: A Single-Center Qualitative Study.

Background: Gender- and sex-based harassment and discrimination are consistently reported by about 50% of women physicians, and the prevalence may be even greater among women in cardiology. An exploration of these experiences and their impacts on women in healthcare is necessary to design interventions, create supports, and facilitate empathy, support, and allyship among leadership.

Methods: To understand and describe the experiences of harassment and discrimination among women working in cardiac sciences, to inform the design of interventions and supports, we performed one-on-one, semi-structured interviews with women in the Department of Cardiac Sciences in a single institute.

Lack of Equity in the Cardiology Physician Workforce: A Narrative Review and Analysis of the Literature.

The gender and racial diversity in the cardiology workforce in Canada does not reflect that of the population we serve. As social awareness of the principles of equity, diversity, and inclusion rises, our profession must rise to meet the challenges they present. We detail contemporary examples of publication bias in the cardiac sciences literature and describe the factors that led to oversight in the peer-review process.