A diversity gap exists within cardiothoracic (CT) surgery that might be addressed with currently available medical student pipeline programs. We sought to assess CT surgery residency/fellowship program directors’ (PD) awareness of and participation in underrepresented in medicine visiting medical student clerkship programs (UIM-VMSCPs). We reviewed the ACGME program finder database and medical school websites to identify thoracic surgery training programs that: (1) offer visiting student clerkships (VSCs), (2) are affiliated with an institution offering a UIM-VMSCP, (3) are at an institution where the existing UIM-VMSCP specifically offers rotations in CT surgery. The PDs in the second group were surveyed via e-mail, assessing their level of awareness of UIM-VMSCPs at their institution, participation in UIM-VMSCPs over the past 3 years, and desire to participate in a UIM-VMSCP in the future. All (n = 76) ACGME CT surgery training programs were affiliated with institutions that offered VSCs in multiple disciplines. Over half, 55.3%, of the programs offered access to visiting students and 61.8% were at institutions with existing UIM-VMSCPs. Our response rate for the 47 PDs from institutions with UIM-VMSCPs was 38.2%. Of the respondents, 61.1% were aware of the UIM-VMSCP at their institution and 44.4% participated in the past 3 years. Most, 88.9% were interested in participating in their institution's UIM-VMSCP in the future. Only half of CT surgery training programs offer VSCs and even fewer are at institutions with an existing UIM-VMSCP that offers a CT surgery clerkship. This is a lost opportunity to broaden exposure to the specialty and increase diversity within the CT surgery workforce.

心胸 (CT) 手术中存在多样性差距，这可能会通过当前可用的医学生管道计划得到解决。我们试图评估 CT 外科住院医师/研究金计划主任 (PD) 对医学访问医学生见习计划 (UIM-VMSCP) 中代表性不足的人的认识和参与。我们审查了 ACGME 计划查找器数据库和医学院网站，以确定胸外科培训计划：(1) 提供访问学生见习 (VSC)，(2) 隶属于提供 UIM-VMSCP 的机构，(3) 在现有 UIM-VMSCP 专门提供 CT 手术轮换的机构。第二组的 PD 通过电子邮件进行调查，评估他们在其机构中对 UIM-VMSCP 的认识水平，过去 3 年对 UIM-VMSCP 的参与，并希望将来参加 UIM-VMSCP。所有 (n = 76) ACGME CT 手术培训计划都隶属于提供多学科 VSC 的机构。超过一半（55.3%）的项目提供访问学生的机会，61.8% 的项目在拥有现有 UIM-VMSCP 的机构中。我们对来自具有 UIM-VMSCP 的机构的 47 个 PD 的回复率为 38.2%。在受访者中，61.1% 的人知道他们所在机构的 UIM-VMSCP，44.4% 的人在过去 3 年中参加过。大多数，88.9% 的人有兴趣在未来参加他们机构的 UIM-VMSCP。只有一半的 CT 手术培训计划提供 VSC，而在拥有提供 CT 手术见习的现有 UIM-VMSCP 的机构中则更少。