Background: Ensuring a physician workforce that reflects the growing diversity of the United States has important public health implications. Despite increased recruitment efforts, the proportion of medical students and faculty from minority backgrounds, including Hispanic and Latinx, remains low. Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of a virtual national pre-medical conference in reaching a diverse population and increasing attendees’ interest, confidence, and knowledge in a career in medicine with a focus on Hispanic/Latinx attendees. Methods: A pre-medical conference was held in 2022, aimed at combating barriers faced by underrepresented minorities applying to medical school. Quantitative feedback was collected through an online survey distributed through email to registrants pre-conference and through a QR code and email to attendees post-conference. Results: A total of 1,040 students across the nation registered for the conference. 648 (62.3%) of registered students completed the pre-conference survey and 211 attendees completed the post-conference survey. Most registered students self-identified as disadvantaged and female. Registrants were overrepresented in Black and Hispanic groups compared to 2021-2022 medical school applicants. 37% of registrants identified as being of Hispanic or Latinx origin. The conference increased attendees’ interest, confidence, and knowledge in a career in medicine. Attendees self-identifying as Hispanic or Latinx had similar results to the whole group of attendees but reported lower confidence in their own ability to complete premedical requirements, fewer advisors and peers to provide support, and higher interest in serving medically underserved areas and becoming primary care physicians. Conclusions: Pre-medical conferences can combat significant barriers felt by minority populations applying to medical school. Providing a virtual space for mentorship and community through conferences could help diversify the physician workforce. The SUMMA conference demonstrates that creating a virtual community, sharing solutions to barriers, and providing mentorship and education to underrepresented groups, such as Hispanic and Latinx premedical students, can increase a sense of belonging in medicine and increase diversity in medical education.

Objective: The objective of this study is to examine the detailed pregnancy and neonatal outcomes of women without male partners undergoing intrauterine insemination (IUI) compared to women with male partners. Methods: This is a retrospective cohort study of all patients who completed an IUI cycle from 2017 to 2023. 2414 cycles were included in the study: 149 cycles for women without male partners (including single and lesbian women) and 2265 cycles for women with male partners. Primary outcomes were the rates of clinical pregnancy, miscarriage, and live birth. Secondary outcomes were obstetric complication rates and neonatal outcomes. Results: Women without male partners undergoing IUI were significantly older than the reference cohort (median age 42 years versus 38 years, p < 0.0001). 84.1% of women without male partners did not have a diagnosis of the common causes of female infertility. Both cohorts had similar cycle characteristics and number of IUI cycles until pregnancy and live birth. The mean clinical pregnancy rate per cycle for women without male partners was 11.4% versus 12.5% for the reference group (p = 0.56), and the mean live birth rate was 8.1% versus 8.2% (p = 0.95). Multiple pregnancy, cumulative pregnancy, and clinical miscarriage rates were also similar. Similarities persisted after adjusting for confounders: age, BMI, race, and infertility diagnosis. Importantly, there were no statistically significant differences in obstetric complications (such as hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, gestational diabetes, placental disorders) and neonatal outcomes. Conclusions: Compared to women with male partners undergoing IUI, women without male partners had similar rates of clinical pregnancy (per cycle and cumulative), miscarriage, and live birth; there were no significant differences in obstetric complications or neonatal outcomes.