Abstract
I read with interest the editorial opinion of Drs Butler, Longaker, and Britt regarding the paucity of underrepresented minorities (URMs) in academic surgery and their proposal to incorporate the so-called “Rooney Rule” (the mandate by the National Football League [NFL] to interview at least 1 URM for any opening for head coach) to increase the numbers of URM in academic surgical faculty positions. 1 Butler P.D. Longaker M.T. Britt L.D. Editorial opinion: addressing the paucity of underrepresented minorities in academic surgery: can the “Rooney Rule” be applied to academic surgery?. Am J Surg. 2010; 199: 255-262 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (24) Google Scholar When the Rooney Rule was adopted by the NFL in 2002, I believed that it would only lead to token interviews for URMs (often the same few candidates) and have little effect on hiring practices; however, it has been an unqualified success as documented by the authors (increase in African-American NFL head coaches from 6% in 2002 to 22% in 2006).
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