对LGBTQIA+遗传咨询师在申请研究生院的经历进行定性研究
Lauren O'Sullivan1, Kimberly Zayhowski2,3, Eileen Hoffman4
1Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA.
Journal of genetic counseling
|August 13, 2023
概括
女同性恋,男同性恋,双性恋,跨性别者,酷儿,跨性别者,无性恋者和其他性和性别少数群体 (LGBTQIA+) 个人在遗传咨询招生中面临着独特的挑战. 这项研究探讨了他们的经验,以促进更具包容性的研究生课程.
科学领域:
- 基因咨询 基因咨询
- 高等教育招生 高等教育招生
- 多样性,公平性和包容性 (DEI)
背景情况:
- 医疗保健学生,包括LGBTQIA+个人,报告录取和培训中的歧视.
- 遗传咨询中的多样性现有研究主要集中在种族和民族少数群体.
- 在遗传咨询计划中,LGBTQIA+个人的入学经历仍然未得到充分探索.
研究的目的:
- 调查LGBTQIA+个人在遗传咨询领域的研究生院招生经验.
- 了解LGBTQIA+身份如何影响节目选择,披露决策和面试经验.
- 确定促进包容性的因素,并建议改善遗传咨询招生流程.
主要方法:
- 使用半结构面试对十名LGBTQIA+遗传咨询师和学生进行定性研究.
- 采访探讨了对该领域的看法,程序选择因素,身份披露和采访经验.
- 数据分析利用了构造主义的基础理论方法来识别新出现的主题.
主要成果:
- 关于影响参与者决定披露LGBTQIA+身份的因素,出现了关键主题.
- 该研究确定了LGBTQIA+身份如何影响参与者对遗传咨询培训计划的选择.
- 参与者的经验突出了在入学期间与他们的身份相关的具体挑战和考虑.
结论:
- 这项研究为遗传咨询中的多样性和包容性景观提供了新的见解.
- 研究结果为遗传咨询师和计划提供了有价值的信息,以提高招生包容性.
- 为改善LGBTQIA+申请者在遗传咨询中的研究生招生流程,提出了建议.
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