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Mitigating Bias in Recruitment: Attracting a Diverse, Dynamic Workforce to Sustain the Future of Radiation Oncology
https://www.advancesradonc.org/article/S2452-1094(22)00084-7/fulltext?rss=yes

Why do we need a diverse workforce? Diversity allows for improved collective intelligence,1 and can include diversity of professional knowledge, interests, and perspectives. Benefits of workforce diversity include providing different perspectives, better serving patients,2, 3 and improving outcomes.4-6 Diversity is not only about social justice; it is an essential strategy for complex problem solving in clinical care, research, and teaching. However, racial, ethnic, and gender disparities in outcomes remain pervasive in the US health care system.