Background: Under-represented minority (URM) physicians, specifically African American, Native American, Hispanic, and/or Pacific Islander, constitute only about 10% of practicing cardiologists. Although concerted efforts to increase diversity may increase the likelihood of graduating minority cardiologists, there remains uncertainty regarding how best to recruit and incentivize URM applicants to apply for cardiology fellowship training. As a [...]

Background: Hospital medicine is one of the fastest growing specialties in the United States (1). As more residency graduates pursue careers in hospital medicine, growth of dedicated post-graduate hospitalist fellowship programs has also occurred. These fellowship programs are intended to prepare participants for careers in academic hospital medicine as career paths within hospital medicine vary [...]