影响医学的代表性不足的学生入学的因素和障碍
Cynthia Tello1,2, Christine A Goode2
1American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine, Cupecoy, Sint Maarten.
Frontiers in psychology
|June 12, 2023
概括
尽管几十年的努力,美国的医生多样性落后于人口多样性. 这项研究回顾了30年来对代表性不足的医学院申请人的障碍和保护因素的研究.
科学领域:
- 医疗教育 医学教育
- 健康 公平 卫生 公平
- 医生劳动力的多样性 医生劳动力的多样性
背景情况:
- 美国的医生劳动力仍然不如一般人群那么多样化,尽管40多年来有很多举措.
- 这种差异影响了医疗保健提供和患者的结果,特别是代表性不足的少数群体.
研究的目的:
- 进行一项30年的文献审查,以了解影响代表性不足的大学生申请医学院申请的障碍和保护因素.
- 确定已知的学术障碍,并探索较少研究的感知障碍和保护因素.
主要方法:
- 系统的文献综述涵盖了过去三十年 (大约1993-2023年).
- 对专注于代表性不足的大学生申请医学院的研究进行分析.
- 包括定量 (学术指标,考试成绩) 和定性 (感知障碍,保护因素) 数据.
主要成果:
- 学术指标和测试成绩是显著的,记录良好的障碍,医学院招生为代表性不足的学生.
- 感知到的障碍,例如缺乏指导和财务限制,会对申请过程产生重大影响.
- 保护因素,包括性,社区支持和有针对性的管道计划,对于持久性至关重要.
结论:
- 解决医生劳动力中的多元化差距需要超越传统学术指标的多方面的战略.
- 了解和减轻所感知的障碍,同时加强保护因素,对于支持代表性不足的申请人至关重要.
- 未来的举措应侧重于整体审查流程和强大的支持系统,以增强医学院的多样性.
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